Jimster480

I recently got a 97 Civic EX w/ an Auto (i wish it was manual).
Either way I have put on E3 Diamondfire plugs, and NGK Performance wires, ive already changed the oil, and fixed the other **** that was wrong with it (minor non engine problems). I had it on chrome on friday night and I was taking my friends home after we went to the drag track to watch races. On the way back I decided to floor it down chrome to see what I would top out at and I couldn't even hit 100. I think it hit it for like a second and then the tranny shifted into 4th (final) and i dropped to like 95 and I couldnt get it to go any faster. Is this normal for an auto like this or is there something wrong with it that is making it so slow lol?

vtecb18c

what do you mean you just threw crome in??? you used an ecu with it already installed??

Kendall

I think he means Krome Avenue....SW 177th in Miami. It runs from 27 all the way down to Florida City where it merges with US 1. I have a lot of fond car memories associated with that general area.

vtecb18c

oh lol

Jimster480

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think he means Krome Avenue....SW 177th in Miami. It runs from 27 all the way down to Florida City where it merges with US 1. I have a lot of fond car memories associated with that general area.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep, its a nice long street, but where okechobee connects to chrome there is that 1/8th mile drag track where we go watch races (cuz our **** isnt fast enough to race anyway, and i have a auto lol).

-JSpecEk*9-

whyTF are you trying to drive fast? your going to kill someone else for some stupid *** drag race!

Jimster480

no, it was comming back home @ like 1AM. There was nobody on the street, either way that doesnt answer my question. Is there something wrong with my car or is just a piece of ****. My friend used to be able to hit 110 in his 90 accord (auto) so I'm not sure whats up here.

vtecb18c

its probably a governor.. and seriously whey you tryin to do 100+ with people in the car...if you wanna kill yourself fine, but dont take innocent people out in the process

-JSpecEk*9-

Either way your still a dumbass

94EG8

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jimster480 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no, it was comming back home @ like 1AM. There was nobody on the street, either way that doesnt answer my question. Is there something wrong with my car or is just a piece of ****. My friend used to be able to hit 110 in his 90 accord (auto) so I'm not sure whats up here. </TD></TR></TABLE>

My bone stock '94 civic sedan automatic D15B7 before i swapped it out for a D15B vtec and a 5 speed would do 120 and cut out, had there not been a cut out it would have gone a little further, probably not much though. That said its really not a good idea to go wide open on public roads even at night, yeah i've done it too, but your pretty much screwed if you get caught, and i don't know about where you are but here we have some wildlife that can make things really unpleasant at 100MPH, think deer and moose. its like hitting a brick wall, only after you hit it the wall its slams through the windshield.

Jimster480

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtecb18c &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its probably a governor.. and seriously whey you tryin to do 100+ with people in the car...if you wanna kill yourself fine, but dont take innocent people out in the process</TD></TR></TABLE>
what does that mean? Is it something that I can fix (sorry, I dont know that much about cars yet; at least the smaller stuff, I'm learning fast though).

Its a straight road, and I'm a good driver, the roads were empty and we wanted to see how fast it was. Were not going around speeding in turns or **** like that, it was just a open road test. I dont usually drive fast, but like I was saying I just wanted to see how fast it was on an open road.

ahobbs

on H-T we dont condone street racing. If you do that on your own please don't post about it. Thanks