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My previous top speed in the Civic was a lofty 95mph riding solo with a tailwind and the windows closed. My friend tried to duplicate that the other night but could not get up above 85mph (when I opened my window and stuck my arms out we slowed down to 80mph). I installed a new cap & rotor, new wires, new NGK V-power plugs, and filled the motor with 100W Aeroshell aircraft motor oil this morning and was able to hit 100mph with a 220 lb passenger and a heavy 3-ton jack in cargo and both windows open. :D

E-AT_me

man, why you trying to kill people like that?

Truffle Shuffle

Be careful at high speeds in a CRX, not very stable if you ask me. I havent hit over 110MPH out of fear... dont wanna take flight ya know?

marty

6 miles of straight, bumpless road... in a CRX

marty

6 miles of straight, bumpless road... in a CRX. and then the cop pulled me over.

rice_classic

When I was 16 I had a Civic hatchback 89 si. On a slight downhill, with all windows closed and one passenger I did 123-4? I think it topped out at 124 but not sure because the needle sort of bounced plus I was past 6000 rpms in 5th gear.. It wasn't very stable so I declined the accelerator asap.
After I was 18 I bought my 88CRX si and with some reasonably hight performance aftermarket rims and tires I was doing a comfortable 120+ without any fear of unstablity. I was very very pleased with this.. although I have only done it once after this time because running a little stock 4 banger over 6000 rpms in 5 gear isn't the wisest thing to do financially speaking! Anyway.. that's my story and I'm sticking to it.. also remember that bother were si's.

87posCRX

the fastest i have ever been was 90... i was scared, had another guy in the car, and was only in 4th gear... btw... 87 crx Dx.. no mods, and 16 in rims.. i think i could get to 100... but either i would flip or my engine would blow up lol

the *** end is lower.. i had rubbing problems so i jacked it up
does that make me more aerodynamic???

big pete

i did 110 in a hf w/ no engine mods just lowered and 15in wheels. was surprised it even went that fast...if the road was a little longer i woulda hit 115....hf=hella fast

One8Hatch

i had my speedo peged at 125 for a bit, duno how fast i was going becuase the gauge only goes to 125

brad.

same here...my speedo was stuck on the bottom of the cluster for 5 minutes past 125...with the single cam

havent topped yet with the b16

Mr.FBR

My hatch has done really well at high speeds...I have buried it at 125 at the bottom of fifth...I had to be going over 130 by the time it topped it out...the car felt okay actually. There was a time my car would cut out somewhere around 117-122 but I had the speed limiter removed, then it hustled...

TheShocker

I've had my speedo needle buried numurous times. It reads 125 but the RPMs just keep climbing.

martini

Though that was in my FD (I have a video of it too.. ..I don't have a speedo in my CRX . I got my friends 99 Si up to 130 though. My FD felt much more stable at 150 then the Si did at 130.

Blown90hatcH

We had my friends supercharged gsr up to 153 comming hoome from the track one night. Kinda got scary at those speeds, but it was 1 am and noone was on the road. I have only had my EF up to 131 or so.

SiREF8

Same here had the speedo pegged at 125 and finally let off got too scary, car started to feel light in back. <U></U> http://www.intercrewautosalon.com

Mugen Dom

i was doin 115 last week with my d15 haha and i was coo i could have gone more but hit a wall of cars and had to slow down to 90

swtcivic93

the other nite on the way to the hospital i got my 89 hatch std up to 110. that's with no mods and it was all the poor thing had. but on a side not it felt really stable.

Mista Bone

on a lonely deserted LEVEL road.......
5g HB with Z6 and I/H/E = 132 mph (speedo read 136) radar verified.
Cop was a HS friend.
Lonely QEW in Canada = 140+ will on the juice. AT that speed I was NOT gonna keep looking down at speedo.

Word to the wise, a brigde expansion joint will RUIN your day. That little bump at 60 mph will bottom out your suspension and you get just a wee bit airborne. I jumped a lane and was fine.

I don't do speed runs anymore

internet ay

i did 120 for like 5 minutes w/ b16 and ricky racer springs on the way home from the track one night, very scary and unstable at that speed.

samiam

did a 160 on my bike

samiam

makes me jealous with all those nice straight roads on the mainland.here in hawaii we just got the freeway and its always got the johnnys .

AfEn808

who cares id rather be back in hawaii then in arizona i think i got my rex up to 130 couldn't really tell the speedo stops at 120 but i was pulling away from a neon and he said he was going 120 I had to test the chip see if it actually worked before that 115 was the fastest.

REX VT

Cool mang!

Are you really trying to tell me doing 100 mph is fast? That's about the average highway speed in Holland , Europe. Our neighbours : the Germans actually have NO speedlimit on their Autobahn (highway) and the average speed driven there is about 110mph (no matter how old the vehicle!!!!!!)..

I'm not saying this is the right thing (concerning enviromental and safety) but I'm not kidding.. I've spoken to some US citizens who work here and they said it took a lot of time getting used to this crazy driving in Europe (not to mention the outrages gasprices: 4 times as much as in the US)

May I conclude that driving in the US means: slow-motion movement?

You must be joking right?

A stock SiR (without limiter) has a topspeed of 139mph (and it only stops because the rev limiter kicks in!) and they car feels really stable at this speed. Actually the downforce at 125mph is about 1000lbs and this is 2 times as much than the first models Audi TT had (and why these cars where called back to the factory/garage)

There's nothing wrong with high-speed driving: just do it in a safe spot.........

Actually I'm working on a journal of my favorite racing spots..Perhaps a cool idea to share these pictures and experiences?






[Modified by REX VT, 10:14 AM 12/17/2001]

escocrx

cant tell. speedo @120 though. racing a SHO taurus. little scarey though. but luv makin them suckers in cars like that eat distant tail lights. broke him off from the green light till i slowed down cuz of fear hehe. switchn to 4th he was 5-6 cars behind.

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Mista Bone

which chipp did you have in the ECU?


JDM B16 don't go past 112 for a reason.