What's the fastest you've had your FD??
 

Hey guys....Just curious....I have a pretty much stock FD. The other night (2:30am), I had about a mile of 4 lane highway in front of me so I closed the windows and sunroof and opened her up. It was about 60 degrees out and she was pulling hard. I topped out somewhere between 155-160 before I shit myself:eek: Do the stock ecu's have a speed governor? What's the fastest you've taken yours?

I've had my stock First gen series 2 flat out at 196 Kph. on mumerous occasions.

ive tried everything to get it to 200. but its always just soo close or i run out of road.

Fds from Japan have speed limiters at about 180 km/h
U can get rid of that by cutting a wire
Its very easy
Ive had mine to about 220 km/h b4 i backed off.
I also shat myself

I'm talking MPH!!!

We have km/h
Get with the rest of the world
Nah sorry
Haha

fastest I've been is 160km/h in an FC, but that was on a small narrow side street!

US spec FDs do NOT have a speed governor a HEALTHY stock motor fd should be good for 175-180mph (limited by available power). I have only had mine up to 145mph. :D

PS there was another thread on this subject - try a search if you want to see more top speed claims.

152 with lots more room to go with the RPMs!:D

150 while racing a 550 maranello. by the way , he started to pull away at that speed. my car is making 360 whp at 14 psi.

Mine was still pulling at 155 but I just wasn't sure how fast they'd go. I wanna hear someone that broke 170...that would be bad ass!!

I've been up to around:
125 knots (UK)
mach 0.190649
2.162189e-7 of the speed of light.
6482 cm/s

I believe that it is about 1.6129 kph = 1 mph. Not 100% sure but I think it is something like that. Anyways, I have only been to about 120 b4 I backed off. Not scared of the speed but of a monster ticket, night in jail, my parents, car impounded, etc.

I have been up to 164mph or so but I tend to keep my eyes on the road at that point:eek:

I also shat myself

LOL Grampa!!

not in an RX-7, but still...
 

Fastest I've ever gone in a car was 180+.... It was in my brother's 2000 S4 (those cars just fucking amaze me).

I actually started to lean more towards AWD after being around his car so much, but now i'm back to an FD :D

top speed for a stock s4 is like 143, drag limited. he's got DP, exhaust, coilovers, and a GIAC X-chip, top speed with that is like 174, and we were going down a hill, so i assume we got to atleast 180.

158mph. I ran out of balls. I WILL HIT 180. The car has plenty left. I have stretch of seldom used interstate that begs me to open up the FD.

i hit about 170mph.

after 140mph it feels sooooo fast.

scary shit.

Re: not in an RX-7, but still...
 

S4's suck


j/k :) his car IS pretty sweet


for me, 150mph and suprisingly had alot of power left.

yeah guess what, his passenger-side turbo is bad. god it sounds so awful, metal rubbing against metal really quickly.

he's out of town working right now, he might pick up an FD for me and drive it back...but i want to drive it before he does:(

I was only around 125mph. At that speed it felt fast, kinda shaky, and the rear likes to float. I guess thats the stock touring springs and no down force for ya. I got my wheels balanced which helped a little with it being shaky now I need to get an alignment.

This spring with cool air, I was out checking to see if I still had boost creep problems after opening the WG some more. Was on a toll road and when I got an open section, I floored it.

Was looking at only the road and boost gauge as I took off. My start speed was about 80mph. As I came up to some cars, and let off the gas and before hitting the brakes, I saw the speedo arm drop from 170 through 165.

The car was still accelerating when I let off. My dynoed power about that time was 312RWHP at about 6500 with a very flat 269ftlb torque curve. Using math, that speed would also been at about 6600 rpm.

Since then I have only been up to 150 doing some more fuel AFR, EGT, and timing testing.

I love open Texas roads.

stupid, but....i hit 135 at night, on a narrow 2 lane hwy. dumbest thing i've ever done. there's deer around the area all the time, and i couldn't really see anything. my roommate had just done some exhaust work on his 2002 eclipse and wanted to see what it could do. i was bone stock.

we made three runs, each time i had to give him a good lead cuz i'd start closing on him. anyway, i did 120, 135, 125. by the end of the third run i had so much brake fade going i almost went off the road at 100 mph when it started around a slight bend :eek:

i don't think i've been over 105 since, and definately NOT at night! i almost pissed and shit myself after that third run.

for the record, i don't think he got above 120 :)

So far, 4th gear, 7000 rpm, 130 mph. Very fun car. Tom

I was doing like 90 mph one night and this little civic comes wailing past me at about 125-130. I put her into fourth and let her rip. Shifted fifth still in it, flew by the civic, looked down briefly(very briefly) and saw about 155, in that range. Never do that again. Luck y I had a mile to slow down w/o the brake, no one likes to touch the brake pedal hard at anything over 100-110.

I drive my car about once a week or every other week. When I do have it out, about 90% of the time, I'll redline or come close to redlining 4th gear so speeds of 140 (speedo error not taken into account) are a regular occurance. Granted, small town and I "know" all the cops since at one time I delivered their paychecks. Fastest was when the car was bone stock, almost 7 years ago...redlined 4th, shifted into fifth, held it for a little while....but backed off since it seemed to be hitting the wall....155 was on when I looked down so MAYBE 157 at most again not taking speedo error into consideration. Mine is a touring, so no wing at that time, less drag. Car felt pretty stable, but feels even more stable with the racing beat wing on back and the r1/r2 air damn on the front helping with less air underneath.

Tim Benton
93 - 334 rwhp
91 - ??? rwhp
89 TII - 231 rwhp

i had mine up to 145 mph on the atlantic city expressway one night. it might have been one of the coolest feelings i've ever had. nick

:eek:

I got mine up to 155,but I have only had the car for 3 weeks so in a month I will top that fu@ker out. I used to own a mustang. I know I shouldnt even be saying that,but I have a reason. I hit 163 in that it was a cobra. It handled like a pig I thought I was going to die. My new FD I absolutely amazing I feel like I can fly around I handles like a dream.

Some day in the near future I will be getting vids of it. My friends got a nice digital video camera

I have Been all of 180 and man was it fun... the most stable and in control i have ever felt in my 7 was at that time. no shimmy or shake. and still had room to move on the tach. i dont expect anyone to believe me, but i know i did it and so did my budie finch in the passenger seat. i am aming for 210 with my single turbo upgrade and motor.

Another top speed thread, awesome. Well, since I bought my FD a about a month ago I am happy to say that I have not taken into the 3 figure range. I think we need a post on here about who isn't going fast. After paying 15k for a car I find it hard to risk something like that.
My bike on the other hand I took up to 135 a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, being out in the open going that fast is a scary thing. I had a 300zx before hat I had taken to about 140 the day I bought it, but that was for 7500...so needless to say I was not as mindful with that car.

But I will admit that I do plan on maxing my FD out at some point in the distant future.

Good luck with that rich... I am pretty sure you are going to need to replace your final gear to achive that but then again I am pretty sure 180 would be damn near impossible with a stock drive-train. Also what size rims and tires are you running? It might have said 180 on the speedo but that is only measuring wheel Rpm and calibrated for stock diameter... This only really has to do with running stock rims with lower profile tires....

I have been 240kph but I have no idea what that is in mph.. I could go faster now that I have some downforce, but the front end is light. Im going for 300kph after I get my front bumper...

240kph= roughly 144mph
300kph= roughly 180mph

Get some vids of that when you do it canman!

I had mine up to 180...and then I can't tell if it went faster cause I ran outta numbers....LOL

The magazine articles in early 90's stated that 155MPH was the top speed of the FD.

A few months after I got my FD in 93 when it was totally stock, I put the pedal down to the metal on the Long Island Expressway at 2 A.M. to confirm theur findings.

I hit 150 MPH before letting off never touching the brakes. The car had more at that speed but I ran out of cojones:(

The worst part of that was slowing down: it seemed like eternity before it came down to more sane double digit speed.

Ed

Stock top speed is like 160mph. What are your mods?

I'm going to go for some high speed runs when my car is done (a month or so) and I will get it all on film! I'm thinking a first run to 180, and if that feels good, I should be able to hit 200 if my balls hold out.

Brian

93 R1 T04S
87 TII

Yeah when I can reach 300kpm or 180mph whatever it is, thats when Im going to Wangan where RE, Scoot, and the rest of them crazy bastards go at night. The guy at RE, said you cant get a stock FD drivetrain above 285Kph I dont know what 285kph is, but that is smokin... He changed his diff but before he did, he said that the fastest his car would go, without blowing it.

I'm wondering if I can do this with reasonable safety on Toyo RA-01 tires. They are Z rated, but if it's only for a short time (say less than 2 minutes) can I exceed 180 or even shoot for 200? I've had the car up around 140-150 a bunch of times with no problems, but 150 is a lot different than 180+.

Brian

I wanna be there dude maybe I can film from my car :D

I got it up into the mid 140's and had to back off. I don't know exactly how fast cause I was more concerned with watching the road than the speedo. That type of speed is nuts. I also don't have a spoiler (installed, anyway) or a front splitter, so the car was getting a little light up in that relm. I'd love to go faster, but I think I'll save it for a closed course.

Ken
93 touring

When I was Bone Stock, I saw 146 mph.

Since then, I have rebuilt and added a few mods (see list below).

Guess it's time to take her out for a good spin....now that I've got 5k after the rebuild.

Guessing, I should be able to see 170 mph.

What do you think?

Not bad for an old man?

Anybody guess at what my top speed should be?

Only about 155MPH or so in the FD.

Had my GSXR750 (Stage III Yosh stuff) over 165MPH.

My Hummer will go a little over 90MPH but I think I need a wing to hold the rear down:p:

Later, Jeff

stock wheels with stock size tires. and with the gearing of the fd what top speed could be attained.

I'm surprised no one told him to do a search on this topic yet...:p:

My friend that got me into FD's has had his completely stock FD up to 170mph ... stock sized wheels and tires as well.

And if you go to Rx7.com ... they show gear ratio's and the top speed of each gear ... the stock 5 speed (4:11 gears) will go 181mph at 7500 rpm and the auto (3:90 gears) will go 191 mph 7500 rpm.

Z-rated tires are unlimited as far as discount tire's website says. They have a chart explaining the speed ratings on the tires.

I think you'll be fine ... make sure they are in good condition though.

I'd like to hit the Texas World Speedway and see how fast i could get my car ... after it's out of the shop, broken in, and tuned of course.

Re: not in an RX-7, but still...
 

Audi S4's are amazing!! My bud works at an Audi dealership and let me take the s4 on a test drive. The car is soo light and powerful!! Oh man ... if i had the 45 g's i'd sooo buy one!! I'm going to wait till the 2-door coupe comes to the US though ... not really into the 4-door look.