top speed?

nalm · Post by **nalm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:41 am

hi, not sure if it fits here or not, but what is the average top speed of a 2nd gen non mag???? would or should it break 160kmh ?
thanks

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:15 am

i believe the cut off is 118mph

nalm · Post by **nalm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:25 am

so 160 is roughly 100mph give or take a mph , so what would starve a car of its top end?

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:29 am

It should hit the limiter at 190km/hr.

nalm · Post by **nalm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:45 am

it wont touch it , sort of takes a dump at around 140 and slowly and i mean slowly climbs to 160 any idea? i think a compression test is in order and go form there maybe? then look at the cat if that checks out?

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:37 am

get your car a tuneup! it should get to at least 180 if its an auto. it may take a while lol, but it will go that fast.

nalm · Post by **nalm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:57 am

what covers a tune up?? it has fresh oil new plugs new wires new filters ?? oh and its a mtx

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:27 pm

nalm wrote:what covers a tune up?? it has fresh oil new plugs new wires new filters ?? oh and its a mtx

By "it" do you mean your car or the tune up? mine hits 110mph/177 kph fairly easy but after that it climbs alot slower, that is with stock TB and exhaust. Your air filter, cat., muffler all could play a part. How many miles does your car have? When I had my cyl. head off@112000 miles the exhaust valves/ports were almost carboned shut. but you would never know it by the way it ran. It was only a matter of time before some thing would of happened. The only reason i pulled the head was I couldn't get enough air pressure to hold the valves shut while removing valve locks. The valves were beginning to not seat from the carbon! Shit you don't want to hear but anything is possible as far as WOT output.
EDIT: this cuold be useful... http://www.eforecourt.com/mph_kph_speed_convert.htm

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:54 pm

nalm wrote: so what would starve a car of its top end?

Lack of horsepower. It takes roughtly 108whp for the Neon to reach 118mph (the afforementioned speed limiter).

Post by **occasional demons** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:59 pm

You also didn't mention what year/Trim level you have. the mtx's have two different O.D. ratios it's possible (a long shot) that yours is the lower numerically 0.72 vs 0.81) which would make the motor work harder. If you had the power to back the 0.72 then the top speed would be higher than the 0.81 but we're talking N/A neons here...

atom · Post by **atom** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:15 pm

03blackrt wrote:
nalm wrote: so what would starve a car of its top end?

Lack of horsepower. It takes roughtly 108whp for the Neon to reach 118mph (the afforementioned speed limiter).

Mine has hit it though (4 speed), although I have not done that for some time!

daaboots · Post by **daaboots** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:03 am

If you have a 4 speed ATX, it cuts out at 160 KM/H (at 4000 RPM). If you take it out of overdrive, you will go faster. I had mine up to 180 KM/H with about 400 RPM left before I hit red-line.

SRT-Wannabe · Post by **SRT-Wannabe** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:12 am

in my 00' es, i was able to take it to 121, don't remember if it was after my intake.

EVOneon2K · Post by **EVOneon2K** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:55 am

i believe the fastest i had mine up to was about 115 then it practically crawled.

spencersummerfield · Post by **spencersummerfield** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:29 pm

mmmm stock 2000 LE (5 speed) 190km/hr
2000 LE (5 Speed) MAG head/ Crane 14 etc.... 220 km/hr 5500rpm EASILY!!!!

SRT-Wannabe · Post by **SRT-Wannabe** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:15 pm

EVOneon2K wrote:i believe the fastest i had mine up to was about 115 then it practically crawled.

yea, past 115 it takes almost a mile and a half to climb 5mph

danman132x · Post by **danman132x** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:38 pm

been to 137...in my r/t

Would a 3.94 tranny help the regular 2.0 engines go faster, not considering the lower overall top speed?

mike9fore · Post by **mike9fore** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:19 pm

120 *down hill

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:02 pm

150mph (5450 RPM in 5th on a normal .72 5th, 3.55 final drive trans)