I had an opportunity to follow a lil red corvette with a radar detector in his window recently. He went cruising by and I fell in behind him we got up over 90 and the Fit held tight to the road, I was really impressed at this little buzz bomb of mine. I have no mods done yet for performance as I don't really want to void my warranty which brings me to this delema. I was informed by a friend of mine that used to be a mechanic (he has nerve damage that keeps him from working with his hands) that OBDII computer can record vitals and Honda has a databank that stores info so that service techs can see if the car has been abused.
Is this a secret that car manufacturers use to keep from doing warranty related repairs on vehicles that have exceded redline or pushed the capabilites of their cars?
By the way when I was getting used to the paddle shifters in my Sport I accidently reved past and the Fit sputtered like it was having convultions.(don't try to turn while shifting with paddles mounted on the wheel LOL)
Oh yeah the Guy driving the Vette almost broke his neck trying to see what the lil orange thing in his rear view was he finally took an off ramp prolly to fuel up!

 

you can't go into a wrong gear with the paddle shifters. (Try going into first... going 90.) What probably happened was that the rev limiter kicked in... since you were red lining. Going up that high RPMs should be fine, as long as your car had a few warm up miles.

 

I drive more that that on some strips of the german highways.
This is weather scary nor dangerous! the FIT is powerfull enough to go even faster!

 

i have the ge8 and yes it is governed at 121, i had about 1200 rpms left. i tried it just once and it was downhill, the car wouldn't go any faster, it would just hold back.

 

the GE8's speed-limiter is a hard-fuel cut. Bad for the engine.....

 

While the Fit does not have a governor in the usual sense it does have electronic cutoffs on the fuel injectors based on rpm. But the Fits we've had on track are pretty well done at about 112 mph due simply to the horsepower required to push thru the air at 112 mph is not great enough at 119 or 121 hp.
PS calling customer service at any vehicle manufacturer is only going to get accurate answers regarding colors, nearest dealer, want a brochure.Technical expertise is not there.

 

I'm pretty sure the airbag is thinking, "I'm about to be called for active duty," and it's getting a little tense!

 

Way to resurrect my old post.

I found out it was the metal support frame underneath the airbag housing in the dash--fixed it with some rubber sandwiched in between.

100MPH+ is much quieter since I got the body kit, no shit!

 

all i know is the other night i was coming home from a friends and it was like 3 in the morning and i was kinda tired and i have never seen a cop in the stretch of highway from his place to mine soooo i was going maybe 85 90 maybe and some car came up on me and passed me and i remember looking at my speed and i was at 100 and then again looked and was maybe 112-113 and still pushed a little more before he started pulling away. I would say i was behind him like half a car length. then to pulling off at my exit and thinking of how i was an idiot doing that with some stranger that could have just tapped the brakes and ended both our lives.

 

Kraft Werks states in their literature about the Reflash for the high boost kit that they remove the speed governor and raise the rev limiter to kick in at higher RPM.

 

Cobb does this in their Subaru reflashes too. A guy with access to an airport runway took his stage 2 STi to an indicated 173mph, which is the mathematical limit based on RPM/gearing.
Eek. Is there any point in raising the rev limit on a turbo'd car? There certainly is none in the NA configuration.

 

With just a 5 lb. boost Super charger it is still pulling hard at 80 MPH when the limiter kicks in, in 3rd. gear, well beyond the top of the power band.

 

No it's not. Take the car to a dyno and get a readout...I guarantee you your torque is dipping before redline.

I had 330 whp in my integra that I turboed. Guess what, my tuner Jeff Evans (probably the best tuner you can find on the east coast) read the dyno readout and said there's no reason to go past 6500 since the torque drops off from there until the redline (6900).

I guarantee you that my teg had probably AT LEAST twice the power of your supercharged fit....

You sound like such a newB.

 

Dude thats not a limiter. Like moltisanti said, torque falls off a cliff at a certain point. Dude, you are waiting way too long to shift if you notice that. Dude....DUDE!

 

The car is still accelerating better in third than it would in fourth if I was to shift sooner. Of course the torque is dipping, I said that I was past the power band.... If you had a Turboed G35 and the best tuner on the East Coast I woluld say that you should have three times the power that my little car that has a kit that an old man nearly 60 installed in his barn. Check out the power band on the KWSC and if you know how to read it you will see that the power tapers off. How is this at all relevant to the thread and why in the hell are you calling me a derogatory name?

 

I don't care what anyone says as long as they are someone that has an inkling of what they are talking about and are polite . A rev limiter is a limiter or was the term limiter not specific enough for you. DUDE....DUDE. Are you moltisani's toady or can you think for yourself? Children!!

 

No dude, I'm no ones toad. Let me lay it out for you dude. There is no reason to shift after the torque curve falls off. Shift at 5800RPM and time your acceleration, it's better. The only advantage to shifting later than that is because it brings you in the next gear at higher revs--but that gain is completely negated because of the torque falloff, dude. If you disagree, plug your ears and watch the speedo so you don't get the placebo effect from high RPM noise.

Please be my guest and bounce off the rev limiter like a dumbass.

 

my 07 fit can only go 120-122km/h and i'm at 4000rpm. there's no check engine light. my oil level is fine. i'm just wondering if this is normal. would the governator set differently in certain countries? it's seems that at 4000rpm it cuts off?

 

Hook up a scan tool, it sounds like you are in limp mode or more than likely have problems with the VTEC actuator.

 

Boys, boys, don't make me come up there...

It could be that you're both right. Yes the torque drops off after a certain RPM, but it may still be higher than it would be at the RPM the next gear would put you at. So revving past the torque (or horsepower) peak can easily be the right thing to do if you want to go as fast as possible as quickly as possible.