[OscarTheGrouch]

110mph. Wasnt even pushing it hard either.

Damn fuel cutoff scared the **** out of my wife when it jerked back...

 

[CAZ97]

Mine kicked in at 117

 

[Intrepidman21]

lol thats crazy. You know what, one thing I never did understand about car manufacturers is if they don't want us speeding, why in the hell do they make cars that can go so fast??? Its like a first amendment right, freedom of speech but don't talk too much, lol. Kind of a double standard.

 

[OscarTheGrouch]

Mine is 110, and its got to go... Had this crap on my explorer and drove me nuts.. It kicked in at 97. It was a rev limiter though so it wasn't soo jerky.

 

[OscarTheGrouch]

lol thats crazy. You know what, one thing I never did understand about car manufacturers is if they don't want us speeding, why in the hell do they make cars that can go so fast??? Its like a first amendment right, freedom of speech but don't talk too much, lol. Kind of a double standard.

Exactly.. If you are going to limit it, limit it at like 75 or 80, not *110*

for the record I dont go that fast often, and rarely without need to do so (passing on a 2lane rd, running from the 5.0 etc j/k)

 

['98-ESer]

Ignorant.....

The rotating parts of the car, tires included, take a beating.

There is a reason why tires come in different speed ratings.

Ever seen a crankshaft or half-shaft come apart from rotational forces?

 

[RS23V0G]

Its like a first amendment right, freedom of speech but don't talk too much, lol. Kind of a double standard.

Umm,I believe it's a privilege not a right.

 

[CDN R/T]

one thing I never did understand about car manufacturers is if they don't want us speeding, why in the hell do they make cars that can go so fast???

The OEMs don't give a crap how fast you drive, they don't set the speed limits on the roads. They DO set the speed limiter relative to the stock tires offered on the vehicle as part of "due diligence".

So... why not put Z-rated tires on everything ??

$$$$$$$$$$$ !!!!!!!!

 

[OscarTheGrouch]

They should just make it easier to get rid of

 

[CDN R/T]

They should just make it easier to get rid of

Lol... that wouldn't be duly diligent. Law suits would abound from parents of dead children who've 'easily' disabled this (active) safety device.

As with any safety device, it CAN be over-ridden. If the manufacturer designs it such that a concerted effort (multiple steps) is required on your part to remove / disable it, then you've assumed responsibility by removing it.

PS- removing the limiter doesn't increase the speed your tires are rated for :00000024:

 

[OscarTheGrouch]

Oh, I'm well aware of speed ratings on tires. Thats one part of a car I pay careful attention to- I've had my share of tires shred on me. Like I said I don't roll at excessive speeds often, but the occasional 2lane road pass of a jackass or something like that...

 

[CDN R/T]

Good to hear Oscar...

btw... found mine at 143mph

 

[OscarTheGrouch]

143?? AHOLE- my speedo doesnt even GO that high! lol

 

[Nemitz]

Good to hear Oscar...

btw... found mine at 143mph

I have to call B.S on the 143mph, thats 230kph. I have the 3.5 H.O in my SXT and it bottoms out at 111mph or 180 kph. If what you say is true, I work in Brampton and would be more than happy to see you do it! :bsflag:

 

[Avenger]

I have to call B.S on the 143mph, thats 230kph. I have the 3.5 H.O in my SXT and it bottoms out at 111mph or 180 kph. If what you say is true, I work in Brampton and would be more than happy to see you do it!

I do believe I've been faster than that.......gotta try it again sometime I'm pretty sure I could put it past 240km/h. I've put it past 230 a bunch of times.

......SXT is limited to 180 due to the H rated stock tires. It's really not difficult at all to blow past 200km/h. I've never hit any limiter on my car.......trust me I've gone PLENTY fast a bunch of times and never hit anything. Flooring the pedal and watching the needle bury itself way past the end of the speedo.........car didn't slow down until I let off the pedal. Now I have the 240km/h speedo........I figure I can make FULL use of it

 

[234on87]

is more like a brain limiter, most high speed accidents happens Thanks to dumb asses (car thieves, car jackers, drunk/drug dumb asses, etc) the average Joe just want to see his machine at full speed for awaile in a remote area..yes limiters sucks but saved lots of innocents lives every year..we need more trees along city streets to stop dumb asses

 

[D76G12]

I have to call B.S on the 143mph, thats 230kph. I have the 3.5 H.O in my SXT and it bottoms out at 111mph or 180 kph. If what you say is true, I work in Brampton and would be more than happy to see you do it!

The stock limiter on the 300M PHP, Intrepid R/T, and 300M Special is 143 MPH as set by the latest update of the PCM programs for those cars. There are rumors that factory PCM's were set even higher. And all those cars came equipped with "V" rated tires from the factory.

Call BS all you want to - you're wrong. R/T's are a higher end car than the SXT - that's obvious from the VIN coding. SXT's are a D56, R/T's are D76 ...

 

[dabirdzR/T]

not that i condone this type of driving, but i can tell you that up to 125 MPH my car does not have a limiter.
IS300M does though.

 

[D76G12]

not that i condone this type of driving, but i can tell you that up to 125 MPH my car does not have a limiter.
IS300M does though.

And I always thought he had a PHP car ...

 

[dabirdzR/T]

And I always thought he had a PHP car ...

nope.