4.3:1 vs 4.1:1
02-02-06, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorforce
The govern in your ecu wont let you get past 130
02-02-06, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by drago86
Wait, whens the last time you saw a stock NA or even T2 hit the rev limit in 5th? (170+mph).
Originally Posted by rotorforce
The govern in your ecu wont let you get past 130
Originally Posted by KingCobraV9
i dont think these cars are ecu limited on top speed seeing as how the ecu has no way of knowing how fast you going. the speedo is mechanical
02-03-06, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Sideways7
Huh? I've gotten over 145 (on speedo) with the stock ECU.
Now my TII with the bridgeport and TO4E turbo I couldn't tell ya! I have never pushed it that hard besides after getting around 9 speeding tickets over the last 5 years has stigmatized me and I am always on the lookout for heat on the road.
But if you guys are saying between 145 - 160 thats insanely fast! Kick ***!
02-03-06, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Valkyrie
Supposedly, according to the Mazda tech at the local dealership (well, this is what he told my dad), there was a very limited production of suped-up second generation RX-7s that were sold I think only to dealer owners, and within a few weeks of them being sold, 75% of them had been wrecked... Including the one that belonged to the owner of this particular dealership!
Don't know whether that story has anything to do with it...
I personally think he's full of crap, though.
Don't know whether that story has anything to do with it...
I personally think he's full of crap, though.
02-03-06, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorforce
My 88 SE would never go beyond 130ish floored to the max on the highway. It would hover between 127-130.
Now my TII with the bridgeport and TO4E turbo I couldn't tell ya!
Now my TII with the bridgeport and TO4E turbo I couldn't tell ya!
02-03-06, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by NZConvertible
You're comapring an NA to a highly modified turbo? Are you nuts? Why would you think that had anything to do with the ECU? You don't think doubling the power might have had something to do with it?
02-03-06, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by NZConvertible
You just reached it's top speed, limited by power and aerodynamics, not the ECU. Your TII goes faster because it has more power.
