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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:53 PM
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sorry about this question i konw its been posted a bunch but does anyone know what my 97 se is goverened at? it seems to be in the 106-108 area but that seems kinda low. just curios?? thanks
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:55 PM
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thats about right. 110mph is just about the max for most 3800 NA'*
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:12 AM
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108, 128 for SC. Or 199
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Did all the supercharged cars shut down at 128? It seem like my 93 shuts down at 115. Lots of power then it seems to stop. Maybe I need to retest just to make sure.
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:50 AM
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mine was 108-110mph...then along came Johnny..and Jet and new set of 2.49 gears and no top end liminter.....all gone just like Will`*...ask him what 156+ is like lol
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 04:15 AM
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156 + WHAT?

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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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Do the old ones like mine even have a limiter? I've only had it up to 106 or so, but it still had plenty of power to spare. I thought I heard once that the '87-'91 units were limiter free.
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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I had my 91 past 220kph.... I'm guessing I was probably going close to 240kph...
My friend'* car was registered to 240kph and I passed him when he was doing 220kph.

I've had the 97 just over 200kph... then the gov kicked in.
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i hit 100 in my 94 se for the first time yesterday and i just started to see $ going up and up with the speed so i slowed down.
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Originally Posted by willwren
108, 128 for SC. Or 199
128 for my SSEi willwren?
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