Elite v1

What is the speed limiter for the 2.2?

We raced a stock looking cobalt today while test driving a 98 prelude SH, he stomped the **** out of it. We ran it up to 120 and he still pulled.

So I dont know what he could have had under the hood, probably nothing, but he had the stock exhaust, stock steelie rims, and stock ride height, so I doubt he should have been going as fast as he was.

slowswap

Certain packages had no speed limiters. Tuning also removes them.

Elite v1

As stock as it was it leads me to believe he had nothing under the hood. but there is no way of knowing what year it was, other than the 2.2.

tru2nrtt777

iTrader: (1)

Depending on the year and trim package the stock limiter was either ~105 or ~120. Mine pulls until 107 but all years can tune it out thanks to Trifecta. Also something odd to take into account, mine bypasses the speed limiter when in cruise and tapping the accel button. I have burried the needle on a few occasions doing this. My friend's LS with the ~120 limiter doesnt bypass it in cruise. Only differences between ours is that his is a manual and mine is an auto.

YSUsteven

Those with the upgraded tires limit around 120 and with the cheap tires around 107. I think the drag limit is around 125 assuming no mods.

I never heard of working around the limiter by using the cruise before.

Or maybe the prelude's spedo was way off...

Mr.please_beleive_it

I hit 120 one time then it shut off now it shuts off at 110.I thought that was kind of weird lol

silver187666

when Dunit and I where heading up to NC for the ECC meet i was over 120 in my 2.2 07 lt.
im not saying that i made it there quickly, or it would of gone higher, but i made it tot 120+ and it didnt shut off.
BTW: No tune

Elite v1

Eh, well at least you guys know you can beat stock prelude's. 120 was his max, We were going 120, and he stopped pulling, so I guess thats where its at. Seems REALLY high for a stock econobalt. I would be leery about it in my cavalier, and I have $1000 in my suspension.

Spanky's Monkey

iTrader: (6)

when i got my lt sport is was limited to 120 but saw 124 on the speedo, post tune i've seen 135........took a while to get there.

huckernage

my ion untuned 107 mph
tune 125 because in fifth gear nothing happen, on a level road not going down hill
but now cammed 130+easy. never really push it for over 10 secondes.

originaladrian

i know that on 06 base balts it was completely dependent on what tires were on from the factory.


LTs with proper rims, not hubbys were set at 119

NJjon

I hit a GPS confirmed 121 in my G5 (cobalt LTz equiv) before I hit the limiter...

WhiteFiver

I've hit 130MPH in my stock G5 2.2 when I had my steelies & snow tires.

BlueStang

And yet again, another Honda falls to a Cobalt

NJjon

tune-less? impressive. 130mph at the speedo, or on a gps or something...

IGotABalt

my limiter cuts in at 116-117, and i have an '08 LS 5-speed

TPRMcfly

I installed the ss/sc speedo in my 2.2 and i been past 120 in mine, but kinda scary on the tires lol

WhiteFiver

130MPH on stock speedo.
Hit a confirmed GPS speed of 125MPH.
And yes, that was when I was completely stock.

silver187666

i can belive this, even in my car i only got to about 5-5.5k and went over 120.and it was flat

06_ion2

its limited to 107 118 or 128 depends on the tire/wheels from the factory

warrenb213

lol i have yet to test my max speed.....took it to 115, was definitely still wanting to give more. kinda the up side of having peak power @ stock redline, haha.

huckernage

i m sure i tried this on a super down hill situation. mission BC is in inside BC surround bu mountain. it is easier for him. that it what i presume.

only him can confirm if it was on flat road

silver187666

wtf did you just say?
and only whom can confirm it drove on a flat road

cobraceralt

when my car was completely stock i got it to 115 but ran out of road but still pulling...the other day i tried it (not stock) it only went to 108 and what seemed to govern out. i was around 3500RPM so i know it had more pull but when i stepped on the gas it was like i was hitting the rev limiter (i have an auto) any comments on why this happened?

huckernage

whitefiver