post your top speed

Hey, everyone witha prelude post your mods and top speed (not theoretical bullshit either, give us that wild ride down the highway the day you almost killed yourself) AND BTW... anyone know about what the top speed of a 1993 SI with i/e/h pulleys would be?

i buried the needle just past the 150 mark on my speedo. that was the one and most likely the only time i'll try to top out. i have i/h/e, vafc, oh and the jrsc might help a little :sunglasse

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147 mph in my friends 98 sh
the first time i was racing a new passat, i started pullin hard on him at 130.

umm 60 mph down my street! i know im a little rebel, haha sorry i didnt get it insured or inspected yet...gotta be careful =)

125, 12AM, on a five lane highway in the middle of nowhere, beating a swapped civic's ass in the top end.

you really got a 92 SI up to 125... what kinda mods you have?

147 in 5th in my s2000

you really got a 92 SI up to 125... what kinda mods you have?

Exhaust and filter. Was going down a hill also, if that helps.

hey thats pretty awsome, i only asked becasue i havent had the chance to open SI up yet and all these people in the 140's are tlakin about Vtechs. but its completely stock. I srove my buddies 91 eclipse and got up to 106 on I-95... but it wouldnt have gone much faster without drafting behind a semi... so i was hoping and praying my lude would stomp his eclipse. im going to do intake exhaust and headers.... could i hit 125 with that?

Got my 93 Si up to 134 with just a HKS SMF, redlining of course

147 mph in my friends 98 sh
the first time i was racing a new passat, i started pullin hard on him at 130.

Unfortunately for them, if you can go more than 130MPH you'd be able to pull on any VW or Audi product sold in the US which has not been chip-tuned, since they are all speed limited to 130MPH regardless of how powerful their engine is. Mercedes limits their cars to 150MPH. BMW depends on the model, but most leave off a top-end limiter, and Porsches are free to run.

A stock 1.8T Passat I rented in Germany (where the ECU is not speed-limited) cruised at roughly 140MPH with 3 people on board, very comfortably and with power to spare. My W8 is awaiting a chip to release its potential, but in Europe I've heard a few posts of owners going over 160MPH...like most German cars, they love to run on the top end, designed for those long, wide Autobahns.

In my 1985 Prelude, the max speed I reached was 117MPH...the engine just ran out of momentum to push the car any faster against the aerodynamics, despite having some room left in the RPMs. The car was very stable though!

My fastest speed achieved behind the wheel so far was on the speedway at Daytona, FL in a 1985 Saab 9000 Turbo with aero bodykit...I managed a flying lap average of 148 MPH. My stepfather owned the car, and we went to open track day (they no longer do it, but in the 80's, Daytona had a run-what-you-brung day, which required a helmet only! He ended up chickening out at 120, but really wanted to know what the car could do...so he asked me if I wanted to give it a go) The car had some room for more...but it scared the living shit out of me, and I backed off when I drifted through turn 4 and despite steering input, drifted to within a few inches of the outside wall. I just wasn't trained for that kind of speed at 18 years old!

I limit my high-speed excursions these days to wide open freeways and highways with no traffic...I don't mind endangering my own life, but it isn't right to endanger others to that degree. I will stay under 100MPH when any other cars are on the road with me.

what is a HKS and SMF???

what is a HKS and SMF???

HKS is a Japanese aftermarket company (one of the first in Japan). They offer tuning products for various vehicles, including Honda.

An SMF is a Super-Mega Flow intake, an air-horn shaped intake designed to allow greater airflow into the engine for better mixture, and therefore often a slight increase in power.

80 WAS THA' MOST I COULD DO ON I-10 AT 5 O'CLOCK SWIRVIN'
LANE2LANE :grinno:

133mph in my '88 si. Could have gone faster, but my friend told me to slow down! Someday I want to see if it will do close to 140.

Mods: B20A engine. I didn't put in in myself, it came w/ the car. Keeps the the speed Up, and the insurance Low!!! :grinyes:

I live in Germany and bought my U.S. spec 88 Lude here. I took out and opened it up on the autobahn reaching a top speed of about 135. I bought it with aftermaket header and exhaust and that's it. After 275,00 miles, the engine finally gave way on me, so I found an engine out of a Euro spec lude of the same series (88-91). The engine code is the same (B20A5), but it is noticeably more powerful in all gears, and has a top end speed of over 140. Of course the car only registers 140 on the speedo, but I'm guessing I've had her up to around 145. I've only taken it up there once though, and don't plan to do it again.

So this past weekend I had a good excuse (go see a girl) up in Vancouver, B.C., on Sat. and Mon. The freeway north of Seattle is fairly winding and really fun to drive, on the flats I got the '97 up to 130+ with room to spare, mostly I just didn't have time to finish opening it up before hitting some big curves or some more traffic (I will NOT go fast like that around others, no matter how open it is, it's just not worth it to have a 60+ mph differential speed from someone else that may make a sudden lane change, etc.--so don't try this at home, kids, unless you're a trained professional!) ;)

The highlight of the drive to me is every time you're hitting about 105 in 5th, listening to the VTEC open up & you get that roar & power, I love it. Everything's stock on the Prelude since I've only had it a couple of weeks, but man, I can't wait 'til she invites me up again! :iceslolan

Edit: oh, and in 4 trips (2 up, 2 back) I made awesome time & only ended up with one speeding ticket (70 in a 60, was on the first leg going up the first time, got a really nice radar detector after that which woulda saved me, but hey, if it sticks it's the only ticket on my record now & I can live w/ a 70 in 60, beats 130 in a 70). :lol:

mine´s the fastest

230' till fuel cut and the store closes for me :iceslolan :iceslolan :iceslolan :iceslolan

not bad for a 2.0 4gen SOHC...

XTension R
( I just forgot to mention, that it´s in Kilometres, a small detail of course) :iceslolan

hey, new to the forum.

im on my second lude now. my first was an 86 dual carb stock and i got it up to 120.
my current lude is a 92 with a F22a in it and ive only pushed it to 110. i know shes got more than that but i also dont want to hurt it sonce i just got it.

hit the 150 mark in my 98 and 147 in the 96.

Today got my car up to 140 in my 92 lude Si. Mods are Full cold air intake, Full catback exhaust, DC 4-2-1 sports headers, AEM gear cams, and Under drive pullies. I was 7000rpms and had nothing left. Unless the nedle stoped and i keeped going :lol2:

145MPH in my GSR @ 7200 RPM and ive been 165 in 4th gear in my buddys fully built 98 prelude. He has dumped over $30K into that car and all i can say is that its damn quick! :biggrin: I know people might now believe me but i know it happened and thats all that counts.

Today got my car up to 140 in my 92 lude Si. Mods are Full cold air intake, Full catback exhaust, DC 4-2-1 sports headers, AEM gear cams, and Under drive pullies. I was 7000rpms and had nothing left. Unless the nedle stoped and i keeped going :lol2:

I can vouch for him...that was a crazy run Kyle, you got balls......and NO brain, lol. We should go hit up Renegade next friday and see what you can do in the 1/4. It's the last scheduled import class of the year there.

145MPH in my GSR @ 7200 RPM and ive been 165 in 4th gear in my buddys fully built 98 prelude. He has dumped over $30K into that car and all i can say is that its damn quick! :biggrin: I know people might now believe me but i know it happened and thats all that counts.

did your "friend" get a ridiculously longly geared custom tranny to have shitty acceleration and high top speed?

yes it is regeared. All JUN parts, but the top end isnt rediculious, its better.

in my 93 JDM prelude 157

Just for fun in my porsche 188

in my 95 si w/ cai 139 wouldnt go any faster. afraid to redline. got exhaust and headers to put on see if i can top that.

Well, my fatherly instinct wants me to say.."You juvinile idiots are gonna hurt yourselves, or worse...someone else!"

But the manly side of me says...

140mph in a 4cyl is kinda impressive... I had an '88 MR2 and I got that to about 125 on the beltway in Maryland 2AM.

My '93 Ford Probe GT (JUNK) was up to 130 with a ways to go, but I ran out of balls.

Then there's the Honda CBR900rr, which is a totally different story. I had that over 150mph. Got kinda scary though. I think that's the fastest I've ever been on the ground.

I don't even remember how fast I had my '89 Prelude up to. My '86 has seen 100, but I don't really want to push it.

140 on a country road, had to slow down early for some "s" turns n the road.

I got my 88si up to 133 on a country road with me and two other people. We reached 140 going down hill. The best part bout it is we smoked a dodge neon with mods. He thought he was about something 2.

120 mph on the highway from mexico to san diego

85 Prelude 100 hp!! :icon16:

135 in my prelude SH (there was a lot more room to go a lot faster but I had a passenger); 120 at least every day

135 in my 1994 integra rs (and it had a little more room to get faster but again I had a passenger)

120 in my 1987 CRX (and that took a while!)

150 in a 2k lude with i/h/e vafc and still had a little room to go. :biggrin2:

Is there a place to do this legally in the US?

Only on a track with a real long straight, or an oval with banked curves.

A few years ago, Montana hiways had their speed limit posted as "Reasonable and Prudent Speed". There was no speed limit. But I hear people were taking advantage of it, so they went back to having a speed limit.

I was fortunate enough to drive through there when there was no speed limit. I was unfortunate enough to be driving a '96 Mitsu. Galant with a wife and two kids in the car. Only got to do 80mph. Sucked.

80MPH is an everyday occurance.

I go around 75, don't like to get rock chips on my bumper and hood. fastest probably 110 at 5.5k rpm.

123 mph in an automatic 1994 prelude si. i have an intake and straight exhaust so i think its a pretty decent top out.

with different engines for the lude more importantly for the 4th gen does that mean they have different gear ratios which affects what rpm you will be at when your at a certain speed? Like if i had an S going 80 would my rpm be higher than somone on 5th gear in say a Vtec? k thanks

i usually go aobut 70 and topped out at 90 some on 287

with different engines for the lude more importantly for the 4th gen does that mean they have different gear ratios which affects what rpm you will be at when your at a certain speed? Like if i had an S going 80 would my rpm be higher than somone on 5th gear in say a Vtec? k thanks

The H23 tranny has a longer gear ratio than the H22 tranny. The H22 tranny will cause you to rev higher, but that's what the H22 was made to do, hence +1k on the redline.

I have no idea about the S tranny.

i have a 92 Si 4ws and i had her up to 135 against a civic about 2am on a highway in PA. I was pullin far away so i backed off, but she still had more to go.

240km/h not sure how many mph that is....but i had to slow down cause my passenger was yelling at me cause it was raining... :evillol:

ive only been to 115mph at around 7k in 4th. i have a jdm ecu so i still have a speed gov in it. ill be getting a new ecu next week, so if im ever alone on the freeway ill be able to top it.

125 in my 93 s 405 freeway

i had 142 out of my 2.2 vtec uk spec totaly standard not bad huh lol

115 in my 97 base prelude. want to go faster but want to drive the car a bit more first. just incase that 150 mark is the last time i drive it. be safe though guys.

240km/h not sure how many mph that is....but i had to slow down cause my passenger was yelling at me cause it was raining... :evillol:

about 150 MPH.

You guys should keep in mind that honda speedometers are somewhat inaccurate above 100-120 MPH. A digital speedo will remedy this. If anyone has a top speed from a digital speedo, post it up.

You guys should keep in mind that honda speedometers are somewhat inaccurate above 100-120 MPH


All mechanical speedos are inaccurate at that sort of speeds, but from the 4g on all Preludes use a VSS, vechile speed sensor, which is totaly electronic. I believe it was also fitted to some of the last 3gs as well.
Its regarded as being extremly accurate, as long as you have both drive wheels on the road.



Anyway back on topic, Iv wound my tortise up to a mighty 130 so far. Thats kmh, not mph. Im sure it would do 160 (100mph) if I pushed it hard enough, but it I generaly get bored by the time it reachs 130, I would fall asleep before it got to 160.
The Civic used to see the speed limiter on a regular basis though, and Iv seen 240+ in a Lotus.

All mechanical speedos are inaccurate at that sort of speeds, but from the 4g on all Preludes use a VSS, vechile speed sensor, which is totaly electronic. I believe it was also fitted to some of the last 3gs as well.
Its regarded as being extremly accurate, as long as you have both drive wheels on the road.


Good to know. Did other models of honda have VSS in the same years?

135 around a curve to lose an S4! Score one more for the driver (cuz he should have killed me!)

Good to know. Did other models of honda have VSS in the same years?

I believe all the Honda's from 92 on have one, all the VTEC cars deffinitly do as its used as part of the control, and certianly anything from 95 on does, as all the OBD II cars use one.
Prior to 92 all B16a power cars (Civic, CRX and Integra) and possibly the last of the 3g preludes have one.

I couldn't tell if you they are interchangable between differnt models though, as clearly differnt gear ratios will effect it, but it could be allowed for in the VSS or the ECU.



But so far the only thing my car seems to be good for is smoking up the cheapo bridgestones on the front.

90

i have yet to push it :evillol:


is there a governer in my car btw? :screwy:

In my 95 Vtec prelude with a 5 spd i have hit 140 on the speedo and kept it buried for a minute or two(dont know how fast got to but not much before the rev limiter kicked in) and i have hit 135 numerous times!

ROB

Yeah, im the top speed thread starter, but i finally got my 92 Si a few weeks ago, went out to a local place n i hit 110, i ran out room n the road went curvy so i was layin on the brakes taken these fuckin windy curves at like 90 holdin on for my life... but yeah 110 was something around 4800-5200rpm in 5th, so i had room, but i cant give exact rpm cuz i wastoo busy going "OH SHIT" as the road started curvin ahead of me

Yeah, im the top speed thread starter, but i finally got my 92 Si a few weeks ago, went out to a local place n i hit 110, i ran out room n the road went curvy so i was layin on the brakes taken these fuckin windy curves at like 90 holdin on for my life... but yeah 110 was something around 4800-5200rpm in 5th, so i had room, but i cant give exact rpm cuz i wastoo busy going "OH SHIT" as the road started curvin ahead of me

Glad you didn't kill anyone.. It's a good idea to know your roads.

I hit 135 in my non vtec 94 lude Si...I was on I-95 in Ft. Lauderdale, and i was racing my friend with a V6 Stang. AS sooon as we got on 95 we took off and his car topped out at about 125, and i just went right by him. I had H23 with intake tube(ebay), akimoto airfilter (summit) adj. cam gears with 3degrees advance. I can't wait till my swap is done. JDM H22A1 soon to be turbo'd!!!!

In my 92 prelude si (stock with 3 people in the car) I got up to around 117-119 at 5500 rpms on i-40 .

there is no jdm h22a1

Hey
My first post...this should be interesting
Im getting the prelude Saturday. Today took it on the expressway and brought it to about 125. No mods. This is a stock h23. Could have pushed it harder but a semi switched into my lane a little ways up so I decided to slow it down a little. The car is really nice. Quite a change from my 92 Celica GT.

Racing a Spec-V I've pushed mine up to 143 and it still had alot of juice but I let it off. good thing cuz moments later there was 5.0 chasing someone from behine, "maybe 2 cars racing." I have a reprogrammed jdm ecu that has no speed gov. so at high speed this things bad.


1997 Honda Prelude Black (base)
Aem cold air intake
tsudo N1 2.5" cat
NGK iridium spark plugs
carsound 2.5" cat converter
Accel 9mm spark wires
weapon r throttle rotor
Milled h22a4 head
port n polish head
JDM P13 ecu conversion tuned by R-Toyz to custom racing spec (5000 vtec/8500 redline speed gov. removed "was at 4500vtec")
2 cerwin vega 12's
Pioneer 800watt amp
momo tuning pedals
indiglo gauges
type r style led shift knob
Neuspeed Race Springs 2.25" drop
Bilstien Sport Shocks
some kind of IAT mod by next level performance (kinda whack)
That's about it.....To all you luders, Much propz