Speed governer - Page 3

I took my 6 out on a empty highway is southern new mexico but she only tops out at 120, then the govener slowed me down. But that car is so damn smooth it felt like i was doing 60

Yatzee! i had an epifony while i was driving one day and it just happens that it worked. this is crazy! well here goes................i was on my way to NYC and i was doing about 110mph messing with an A6.............everytime i hit 120mph he'd blow by me. so i tried something i did a while back to my acura legend coupe. i pulled my e-bake up until the e-brake light came on and the handle hit its 1st click(no friction from the brakes that low in the clicks). sure enough i was doin 145mph before i let off. so i slowed down dropped the e-brake sped back up and sure nuff stopped me at 120mph. one-clicked the e-brake and the speed climbed well over 130mph. i'm think that the e-brake is tied into the speed control system and when its up, the ecu thinks its's parked and deactivates the limiter or something like that.

try it........i hope it works for u other guys/girls craving higher speeds. i have a 2004 6s if that matters at all

that's actually pretty smart I wouldn't even want to know how you found that out "hey I'm going 120, let's put up the e-brake" haha but my car has no governor so I'm finbe but that's a pretty nifty trick.

WTF? i tried it today on my way to work..................and it didnt work any more.............im not understanding this...........i worked great a day or so ago.........hmmm.................looks like i have some more researching to do........thought i found a cheap easy way for u guys to go faster. i'll keep u posted

Yeah, my car "fades" by 120. It's not that you need to go faster, it's that you know this car could. Besides, WTF! Why put a speedo that goes to 150mph! Why put $200 V rated Michelins on it! I know, I know. Just ranting. I had read at another forum some time back where this guy was fiddling with resistors in the VSS sigan wire to "trick" the car into going faster. I don't know exactly what the point would be, though, because you'd never know just how fast that was with the speedo off.

Come on guys! We need a technogeek with a laptop to come up with a way to hijack our PCM and mod the limiter!!!

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ORIGINAL: davedunc

I took my 6 out on a empty highway is southern new mexico but she only tops out at 120, then the govener slowed me down. But that car is so damn smooth it felt like i was doing 60

u have a 6i or 6s. and what transmission?
and what RPM were u revving at 120?
(jus curious. cus i plan on hittin the limiter soon too)

Yes,the car does shutdown at 120mph,I have done it in both my 6's. I have done 167 on my motorcycle so I guess I am satisfied with that! I just did it in the cars purely to see where it was governed. Generally 80-90mph is enough to prove a point though!..lol
 
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/1571049

in my 4spd atx i was at 145 with a bit more to go to stock redling.  had a bit more with my raised redline

Must be the Super-limited edition if it is doing that then since neither my 04 or 05 will do that without the governor kicking in. Same with everyone in the local Mazda6 club here in Colorado too! Must be a california thing I guess!

...well, having the turbo and the Haltech to bypass the fuel cut and raise redline to 8k helps no matter what state your in

Then it wasn't STOCK then,That would make a difference in the discussion at hand huh? My comments were based on the cars not having those types of mods. Thanks for clarifying.

i never said it was stock.  like 20 posts ago i said i was using a Haltech and that's a way to bypass the factory gov.  people were talking about what the rpm was at top speed....so i posted.  guess i shouldn't put any info in anymore?

damn you guys are nuts....theres never enough open road here to get that fast....the fastest ive ever gone is 140km/h ish on the highway, and 160km/h top speed in my parents truck that has now gone to a better place....the junk yard....
but i have 3 points on my license.....so i really dont want a 100km/h over the limit ticket.....i really dont think my parents would be too pleased...seeing how they're paying my lease right now....

I apologize to you then "MrTea" as I didn't read that far back and was just sharing my own experiences since I have 2 6's and one of each motor. I have had to do alot of catching up on the forums after that little stunt your fellow moderators pulled on me on mazda6club which appears to be permanent. I lost sales of the mods I had listed on that site too over someones petty powertrip. Just because you may not agree with someone doesn't mean you ban them into outerspace(an example) since I thought this was still America and we were SUPPOSED to have Freedom of Speech. I had members messaging me about my mods for sale and not only could I not check the messages,I couldn't even find another way to contact them so I lost money because of it too.  Oh well,the people on this site are generally nicer anyway so i will just tell people to join this one anyway now!
Sorry for not knowing what you had wrote "20 posts ago" but I get very little time each day to visit all the sites,check e-mail,etc since I have a family to take care of.

before i had the turbo, it took a while to hit 120 which makes it harder to do obviously.  since the turbo though, when i drop a gear to pass someone in the fast lane, i'm over 100 by the time i'm at thier front bumper.  It's the same thing on the bike, i've gotten to 155, but that's a quick 10 sec spin.  i have a clean driving record, which i give much credit to getting into open track racing where i get much of my fix now, helps a lot!   at 145 the cf hood (especially since i wasn't running a grill) was wobbling a bit.
 
 
As far as not catching the earlier post, it happens.  i'm not around here much, so i had to double check to make sure it was the same thread i was thinking of as well.

Have you checked out Chris's 6 lately? Kit?
He just got a TWIN-TURBO put in right before he showed it at Importfest in Canada a few weeks ago. He also repainted it too since everyone was familiar with the old paint job since it was in magazines,etc. He is also a member of Team Allstars.
 

he's had the twins for almost 2 years now???  and the 2-tone paint has been on for a good 6 months now at least i thought???  maybe i got the wrong car, but there aren't many twin setups, so i don't think so.  i met him at SEMA '05, just before he got all the CF done inside.  still no tuning for him though at last count, holding out for the microtech still.

Actually,The paint got done a few months ago and the engine was still in pieces at SEMA this year which is why he didn't have it there even though there were 10 Team Allstars Vehicles at SEMA this year.(He was with us the whole time at SEMA this year)The Car isn't fully tuned yet and he just e-mailed me this afternoon and was telling me to get the Hi-Boost for my car. His are Turbonetics.
Here is a little from the last e-mial I got from Chris :
"I have a lot of plans for the car over the next month and a half, which is when my car will be presented at the Philadelphia International Auto Show, February 3-11th, 2007.  Some of my plans include:  painting the engine bay, finalizing the exhaust, reworking and adding some LED lighting to the interior and exterior of the car, complete the trunk lid with a 15" monitor and component speakers, tune the system, repaint some of the interior pieces, new vinyl work around the car, and a few other items will be added to the car before the beginning of February. "
We are all SUPPOSED to be out there in San Diego on the 26th for the Ultimate Ridez Expo (Extreme Auto Fest) at the San Diego International Auto Show but I'm not sure who all from the Team will make it and when yet. We were ALL asked to bring cars for it,but mine is already in getting more mods right now anyway and I'm shooting for Spring before I show it anymore.
I have some pics of Chris's car from importfest in Canada too if you are interested:





I hosted the pics through my C.D. site but they aren't actually posted there.

damn....thats a sweet ass mazda....could you send me a link to the website you got those from?? 
hopefully my 3 will be that sweet one day.....not for at least 5 years tho....

he's got a cardomain page as well with some other pics.  i think the interior is the most impressive parts. 
 
...but that has nothing to do with the limiter at all.  i don't think he's gotten close to the limiter in a long, long time with his setup.

Yea,HE hasn't gotten close to the limiter or snything else cause he never actually drives the thing anymore! It's too busy at shops and being trailored to shows all over the place half the time. He doesn't even know what's it's capable of these days,I just asked him...lol
 
p.s. Those particular pics aren't on a website,He e-mailed them to me last week. I'm sure he will eventually post them on his site though.

yeah, suddenly, i wish my car would go faster too....i was doing 160km/h on a side road at lunch the other day....but i found that at that speed, the acceleration got kinda slow, and the road wasnt all that great, so i could feel a lot of vibration in my steering wheel....so i figured i should let off, cuz if you lose control at that speed, there's no way your getting out alive...unless your really really lucky

On the interstate in the morning, the fastest I have gotten my 4 cyl. 6 up to was about 132 then it stays the same.  Thats with low wind and a bit of a downslope.  All stock parts at the time.

Must be the super,special edition 6 since all  4 cyl  ones I have encountered are governed at 120mph exactly. Did you buy yours from Japan? I am curious about it. I know the V6 model goes a little higher before it shuts down though because I have a 4cyl 6 AND a 6cyl 6 Right now. Hmmmmmm,I am wondering what's different then. What year is yours if it's governed at 132? I have a 2004 and a 2005.

Mine is a 2004.  I don't know man, I'm not lying to you, I saw how fast I was going.  It might not be 132, probably 130 but I was definately going faster then 120.