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RE: fastest speed - 1/19/2007 8:17:16 PM

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160MPH at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a Winston Cup Car in 2001. Richard Petty driving experience.

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RE: fastest speed - 1/20/2007 2:18:39 PM

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110mph. im only 17 so yea. if po-po pull me over. insurance will blow through the roof.

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 3:46:02 PM

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 4:25:26 PM

dentinger

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looks like the cops already busted you eh sin6race?? lol

and i hit my limiter in my 3 the other week on my way home from the movies with some buddies....
it kinda freaked me out. it just kinda jerked at 188.....like i took my foot off the pedal.....

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 8:37:03 PM

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Since when does a 3 have a limiter of 188? Is that KMH? I thought the 3 was limited to 120mp/h and the car wouldn't be capable of much more with the limiter gone either.

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 8:56:51 PM

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I hit 120 mph on back roads but then slowed down since I could feel the front end of the car lifting up (this was before I lowered it)

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 9:32:19 PM

dentinger

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yeah, its 188 km/h....or 118 mph.
god....why didnt mazda just make the limiter an even 200??
like, 188 is just such an odd number....
and i think i hit 188 at about 4-5000rpm in 5th..... so i could probably hit 200 without the limiter

i love it....if you ask me, life is nothing without taking risks like these.

and just out of curiosty...how would you make the top speed higher? would a MS3 6 speed tranny work? or are those gears all close ratio for acceleration? (is that right? close ratio?)

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RE: fastest speed - 2/7/2007 11:59:50 PM

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The 3 tops out @ 118 mph around 4800rpm, I think real top speed on a regular 3 would be 130-140 mph. Mine was accelerating pretty slow at the point where it cut off, my wife's 6 would do much better top end without a limiter, I'd say 145. I haven't done the rpm conversion to see what the theoretical top speed is, but drag increases exponentially with speed so you can't just say the vehicle would be able to hit red line in top gear or not.

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RE: fastest speed - 2/8/2007 11:05:33 AM

dentinger

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yeah, once you get past 130-140, the 3 starts accelerating pretty slowly....

which in turn means mean more time and distance to get to the top speed which means more chances to race past a cop....
which everyone knows is not good
cuz i dont wanna get booked doing 90 over the limit (190km/h ish)

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RE: fastest speed - 2/8/2007 7:00:32 PM

Tracker

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the limiter kicks in at 118mph/188kmh exact, i heard that if you fill your tank with preminium gas it stops at 120mph/200kmh....thats what i heard, it doesnt make sence nor did i try to make sence of it, the only thing that i know is true is the higher the grade on pump gas the more gas milage you get, but then again it only benifits high powered cars (mostly ones with forced induction)

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