how fast was I going? - Honda Prelude Forum

Jape · 10-18-2002, 10:02 AM

I was riding with my friend down the highway and I decided to punch it a little bit... as most of you know, my VSS doesn't work

So I dont know what speed I'm going.....

I was in 4th Gear at 6k RPM.............. I told him that I was at around 100mph, maybe a little more........... and he couldn't believe it (i guess cuz without a speedometer, it seems as if you're going slower than you really are, and the lude handles excellent at high speeds)

So one of ya'll go out in your h23, hit 6k Rpm in 4th and tell me your speed.

prelude2005 · 10-18-2002, 10:18 AM

my 4th gear tops out around i think 100mph...so...you were probably around 50

jk, yea but this is how my ratio works..

1st gear - 0 - 40mph
2nd gear - 40 - 60mph
3rd gear - 60 - 80mph
4th gear - 80 - 100mph

MR.CLIFFORD · 10-18-2002, 10:54 AM

I thought the Jape was selling the car

PreludeRacer023 · 10-18-2002, 10:58 AM

are those speeds for your vtec prelude?? i can hit 120mph in 4th gear...mine goes 1st to 30---second to about 62 or so, 3rd to about 95....sometimes a bit higher, 4th 120ish..5th all the way past 150...peace

U.K VTEC · 10-18-2002, 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by PreludeRacer023
are those speeds for your vtec prelude?? i can hit 120mph in 4th gear...mine goes 1st to 30---second to about 62 or so, 3rd to about 95....sometimes a bit higher, 4th 120ish..5th all the way past 150...peace

I was just gonna say, my car hits about 115 in fourth...100 seems a little slow, unless Charlie drives like a girl.....

MNludeDVR · 10-18-2002, 11:13 AM

he has an h23 which as u all know, has a lower redline

U.K VTEC · 10-18-2002, 11:15 AM

We were referring to prelude2005's post, he has a VTEC lude.

cantdrive55 · 10-20-2002, 10:08 PM

Jape: 90MPH. I tried it on the way home tonight for you.

Jape · 10-21-2002, 01:53 AM

thanks! Good lookin out. I guess i was 10mph off...

Satan_SRV · 10-21-2002, 12:16 PM

What is wrong with your VSS?

L-U-R-C-H · 10-21-2002, 02:27 PM

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Originally posted by PreludeRacer023
are those speeds for your vtec prelude?? i can hit 120mph in 4th gear...mine goes 1st to 30---second to about 62 or so, 3rd to about 95....sometimes a bit higher, 4th 120ish..5th all the way past 150...peace

Is yer VTEC Prelude stock? Cuz I went 132 in 5th gear and I was red-lined.

4thGVtec · 10-21-2002, 02:55 PM

i did 135 in mine and i was only at about 6800rpms

Jape · 10-21-2002, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by Jape
thanks! Good lookin out. I guess i was 10mph off...

Dunno, I guess it just broke. It broke in the middle of a race with a WRX. I guess I pushed the car so hard the speedometer couldn't keep up with the rate of motion of the vehicle and when the speedometer said 40mph, it dropped down to zero.

Satan_SRV · 10-21-2002, 04:08 PM

hmm is it your vss or your speedometer? Cause if the VSS was broke you would have funky power steering and some other stuff

PreludeRacer023 · 10-22-2002, 12:26 PM

135??? i can hit almost 125 in 4th gear...you should be able to go much faster than 132...

concLude · 10-22-2002, 03:33 PM

i cant, stupid jdm computer is govnerned at 117

help!!!

Fast&furiuslude · 10-22-2002, 03:57 PM

i hit 125 in 4th gear the other day until the damn jdm govener kicked in,i was like damn no gov them b/c i thought it hits at 118 but BAM. H23 tranny of course. I also can hit 64 in 2nd gear.

Preyluder · 10-22-2002, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by Fast&furiuslude
i hit 125 in 4th gear the other day until the damn jdm govener kicked in,i was like damn no gov them b/c i thought it hits at 118 but BAM. H23 tranny of course. I also can hit 64 in 2nd gear.

I could hit 62 in 2nd in my old 3rd gen.

Fast&furiuslude · 10-22-2002, 04:38 PM

with my h23 i hit like 52.

Preyluder · 10-22-2002, 05:26 PM

Yeah, the first 3 gears are quite a bit shorter in my h23 than they were in the b20a5 (3rd gen.)