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Old October 11th 04, 02:25 PM
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:22:42 -0700, (SAC 441) wrote:

>I bought a 2003 Honda Civic EX 2 door last November (clearance
>model).This is a STOCK vehicle and I noticed it had a 150mph speedo on
>it.I got curious and paid a raceway (drag racestrip) $75 to test the top
>end.I got up to 139mph before I ran out of track and had to decelerate.
>Even during the run,I found out that it was barely controllable at
>speeds above 105.
>My question is: Why did Honda put such an engine (a basic 4-banger)
>[VTEC 1.7L] in a frame body that really could not handle such speed?
>Good golly,molly if this car was modified by street racers,who knows
>what it could do(it probably would be a disaster waiting to happen).
>I bought it as an economy car basically, so why manufacture it with this
>kind of speed potential?


I don't know what tires/wheels you have or what experience you have
driving, but my 1994 Civic DX has an 118 mph (or so) governor that I
have hit on occassion, and it is quite controllable, especially
considering that it has 175/70R13's.

Nate
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