220km/Hr on hwy 407.... but on the dealers car when i test drove it LOL...a little scared to do that to my own =p

oya... and there was 2 other people sitting in the car...


no speed limiter at 180! =D

I have gone 130 in my 08 es 5 speed (MPH).... so where did u read this "electronically impossible" to go over 125?

i have gone 130 to but it wouldnt go much faster

if it is governed then how would you ungovern it

I've had mine up to 195km/h (121mph). I was watching the road more than my spedo, and may have hit 200km/h (125mph). Had to back off because I was coming up to traffic.

Calculating drag coefficient and power, we should be able to hit 150mph. That's assuming similar area and drag coefficient of a 2004 subaru wrx sti, and 134HP at the wheels. (2.4L engine 168HP @ 6000RPM - 20% drivetrain loss). Obviously that's not exact because at 6500RPM red-line the power is less than at 6000, but it shouldn't make much of a difference.

Based on gear ratio's and shift points I'd estimating around 133-136mph (215-220km/h). That's based on the 09 Lancer GTS 2.4L and a 5spd manual trans, stopping at red line. I would say that is why the car is rated at 220.

This is all assuming no electronic governing. I had read the car was governed at 120mph, and since I haven't seen the speedometer say higher than that, I assumed it was right. This weekend If i get a chance I might see if I can top 200 km/h

Wow, you gotta love physics to be that much into cars and racing.

W00T Physics is great tho

From what I noticed it's the RPM limiter that kicks in and wont let you go any faster.
With the 2.0L at roughly 200km/h the car gets close to the redline and sits steady there (well at least mine does). It doesn't drop the rpms like it does if you try to redline it in lower gears for example.
So my assumption is that if the rmp limiter wasn't there you could go faster, but be redlining the engine and something would essentially give.

I know some of you will be shocked at me posting this....but with the plugs I had....just wanted to see what it would do.....I got it up to 120 & I still had more to go, but that was fast enough & that's already enough to get my car taken away by the police & my butt thrown in jail.....not bad....but I do miss speed...my old V8 Trailblazer would have dedstroyed this car :grin:

I was just messin around one day, not really trying but i hit 110 MPH! I got the 5 speed with the cai so i was just listening to the awesome roar!

112Mph...

Or so says the speedometer,

I got a speed checker radar near my house that I passby every morning and it seems that it clocks me at 45 while my speedometer is at 49-50ish

O_o Weird or just plain Weird?

So that 112mph might be at 107mph.

Anyways, I was just driving behind this dude and staying within the slipstream to save some gas and before I knew it I saw my speedometer and was like, WHOA! :laughing:

110MPH, wasn't gonna go much more than that. Although I think the ole grand am could have mopped the floor with this thing. Still not too bad I guess.

Probably the fastest i have been were last nite,which i hit around 190Km/h and the car struggle to go more because were running out of straight road,were planning to hit 200km/h when i return back from work at the highway till i saw a mazda3 totally wrecked after crashing into a Trailer,and it was a horrific accident that the paramedics and police have to search for the missing head of the driver yikes... So guys becareful !
speed kills !

LOL your old trailblazer probably woulda flipped :auto:

were you talking about the pulstar plugs?

ummm on the Interstate i hve gotten mine up to 145 top speed and it never cut off.....plus it was 3 in the morning and nobody on the road but me and a slow as civic rsx....haha :grin:

If I reset my dash computer on the highway while on cruise at ~110km/h, the computer keeps my average speed at 105km/h. I had a friend following my while I was doing 130 and she said we were doing 125.

I'm going to get a friend of mine who drives a vehicle with lights and radar and do 2 things for me: find out how much my speedometer is off, and top out my car. There is a nice 5 mile straight stretch out here with some slight rolling hills. I've topped out 10-15 cars there with friends, hitting 220 a few times (my old 91 Subaru Legacy turbo topped out at 215 when it was 12 years old :o)

I figure I'll do 4 speed passes (30, 60, 90 and 120) to see if its a static offset (always 5km over, unlikely) or linear changes (percent of speed, most likely due to the 18" GTS rims/tires. est 1.7% increase in speedo readings between ES 16" and GTS 18" tires from my calculations)

I grabbed the final drive ratio, tire size, and 5th gear ratio size. using that to calculate, here is the actual numbers:

08 Lancers w/ manual transmission
16" tires - top speed 143.05mph (5th gear @ 6500 RPM)
18" tires - top speed 142.66mph (5th gear @ 6500 RPM)

09 Lancer w/ manual transmission
16" tires - top speed 151.36mph (5th gear @ 6500 RPM)
18" tires - top speed 150.94mph (5th gear @ 6500 RPM)

Sportronic CVT 6sp (08/09)
16" tires - top speed 156.71mph (6th gear @ 6500 RPM)
18" tires - top speed 156.43mph (6th gear @ 6500 RPM)

If anyone is wondering why the 16's are faster, its because the total diameter of the 16" tire is 25.68" while the 18 is 25.61". This means for every rotation, the 16" travels .07" farther.

I'm not sure on the final drive ratio of the normal CVT transmission, so once i find out, I'll calculate that too.

Also note this is NOT factoring in the drag/wind resistance calculations I did before. Depending on the values for front surface area and drag coefficient, I came up with 150-250mph. Since I don't know the exact values, I'll assume the car is more aerodynamic than its gearing. Providing wind resistance is insignificant and you have a long enough straight away, these are the absolute top you'll go before you enter the red-line.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post, I wont do it again. :blush-anim-cl: