no but i have driven a governed car. my car (not a Fit) cut the engine at about 4500RPM(far below redline btw) because i exceeded the maximum speed. The engine did not begin normal behavior until i lowerd my speed to under 95mph.

that is what a governer does, with some differences depending on the make, model, and year of the car.

but like i said before, you quoted text about the rev limiter, which limits engine speed as to prevent damage to the engine. not a governer

 

Your gonna blow that little engine up. Never by a used car from you.

 

Not directly related to this thread but... This has been posted before, it's a good read for anybody interested, I personally use this method, it works. As for hitting 110 in a Fit, well to each his own heh.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

Governer = Speed Limiter
Rev Limiter = RPM Limiter

The two have similar yet very different functions, I can see how someone could pretty easily confuse the two.

 

Governor (device)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A governor is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine. A classic example is the centrifugal governor, also known as the Watt or fly-ball governor, which uses weights mounted on spring-loaded arms to determine how fast a shaft is spinning, and then uses proportional control to regulate the shaft speed.

Automobiles are a common application, and modern automobiles are equipped with such a mechanism for various reasons. There are two types of automobile governors, one limiting the rotational speed of the engine, the other limiting the speed of the vehicle. In small, low power applications, governors are used to protect the engine from damage due to excessive rotational speed, or pushing the engine past its peak abilities. In larger, higher performance engines governors are used to limit the vehicle speed. Many performance cars are limited to a speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) to limit insurance costs and/or to reduce pollution.

 

I have been over 110mph but I was going down a long gentle hill.

 

The Car & Driver comparison of seven compact cars in April listed their top speeds per their test, and they listed the Fit as 110 MPH, limited by the drag of the body.

 

...the top speed is drag limited...i was @ 110 MPH in that flic, but i should have taken the pic when i was @ 114MPH...and thats when it cuts off...it feels like it can go past 114 MPH. I know i will get bashed for this again, but i dont care cause i have my secret spots where NO ONE is around...so if you want to bash me for speeding dont waste your time...i dont care
and the drop LOL thats photoshop...i want to drop it with the TANABE DF210 springs for now and later go to coilovers when there are more companies that offer them

 

You might not care, but I care who your going to kill one day on that "secret spot" you know about. Take it to the track DA>

 

thats 1...

 

ok here is a shot of one spot...good place to go fishing and do some top speed runs( for low top speed runs)...this road leads to an abandoned army base...its about 5 miles long and in florida city...IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE so if you love animals the only thing i can kill out here are alligators crossing the street...please for the last time dont bash me like i asked and see that the only person in danger is MYSELF

 

I imagine hitting an alligator would be one helluva speed bump! Thanks for the response. I can't wait to get my bike back to the states to see what it can do. Right now it is speed governed to 180kph (112mph), but once I put the little adapter gizmo on that gears the speedometer cable down to mph, that won't be an issue. It's still only a 400, so I'm sure it won't hit anything too insane, but it's more fun going fast on a slow bike, than slow on a fast one.

Virginia International Raceway should be seeing a lot of me next year.

 

Iam pretty sure this car can go over 115mph only thing thats holding us back is HP!!

as i said before.. people just ignored me though

 

no prob jack...thank you for not bashing me for the speeding...the flic tells it all and the topic on this thread was the govenor questioning...i was only sharing my input on the cars capabilties...hopefully i will soon have the car hooked up with some mods though...money is tight right now

 

Ok so it a fact the fit has a governor that limit the speed @ 110 mph..maybe a littile more if you going down hill

it is also a fact that the fit has a black box... that records how you drive!

The question then is how much information is record on the black box?

Can the black box hold two weeks of informtion or 3 hours?

if am in a car crash will the cops look at what i did two weeks ago and give me a ticket?


I dont understand how it can be illegal to take out the black box.
I do have a right to modify my car....... will i think so.

whats next gps system in every car.

 

http://www.foxreno.com/news/9470506/detail.html


Am guessing they are going to use the black box in the fit for this car crash.

 

We don't have the capability to look at the contents of the black box at the scene of the accident.

The black box info will be used to help with the insurance company's and police dept.'s accident investigation if it's a MAJOR ACCIDENT involving SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES OR DEATH.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/blackbox/

Has all the data you need to know. It only records 5 seconds before the airbags deploy.

 

I know that there are the electronic limiters ( I experienced in my old sentra B13 non SE-R), but I wasn't expecting this in the Fit. I expect to just run out of breath (by power or drag). But then at 118MPH more or less but was more than 115mph I had the cut off.


What I can't tell was the RPM's because honestly I wasn't looking after I shift to 5th

Interesting, not?

Any comments /knowledge.....

 

How was the car at that speed?

 

I don't know, just hitting the gas really hard....

I was trying to get home, and there are some highway parts that are just awesome to speed. I guess redlining at 3rd and 4th. I dont see that as extreme. At first the car was like really slow and non peppy, but after the break-in and most after the first oil change (mobil-1), It runs great. You just notice the lack of power if there is a really fast car and you could not hold with, but in passing manuvers I don't see any problems.

The point of my comment is that if that happens on stock, when you, or myself make the Fit more powerfull, then will have the limiter hitting on us more frecuently.