Ok, so 112mph it is. I still find it hard to believe that my speedo would be off by that much though. Especially since it was pegged and still accelerating...maybe I'll have to find a nice safe open track/roadway and have a friend track it with me...
Fred -----Original Message----- From: Ricky Crow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 9:08 AM To: Fred Bocskor Cc: CRX Mailing List Subject: Re: CRX: An odd one... Factory JDM ECU's are speed-limited to 112mph (roughly 180kmh). Mine used to shut down my car at an indicated 117 on the speedo. Ricky On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Fred Bocskor wrote: > Maybe somebody here has an idea. And please, spare me the flames, this was a > rare jaunt and happens very, very rarely... > > Okay, so I've got my lovely JDM B16A motor in my car. From all appearances, > it would seem to be from an 88-92ish Integra XSi, due to the ECU code (PW0?) > and the lack of a limited slip. Okay, so to my best understanding, all JDM > motors have a factory built-in speed limiter of 108 mph via the ecu. > > Well, to my best knowledge, the ecu and all the parts on my motor are pretty > well stock, so I'm confused, unless my speedo is way off or something...but > I find it hard to believe that with my speedo pegged @ 125mph that I would > in fact only be going less than 108mph. So, what gives? > > Oh, and there's a nice little second-gen turbo RX-7 around here that now > knows my cute little DOHC Vtec badge is for real ;) > > Fred > >
