Max velocity for 2001 Accord EX coupe

We recently bought a 2001 Accord EX couple 2-door with 3.0L V6 and
automatic transmission, with 36K miles. Not wanting to find out for
myself, I was wondering if anyone knows the maximum speed of this
vehicle? Just scientifcally curious. Thanks.

 

The speed limit is indicated on the freeway/roads you drive, no matter what
car you drive

 

I seem to recall that the maximum speed is 130 mph. It has some sort of
device that prevents it from going any faster. One tech expert in this
newsgroup once told me that it was to save Honda money related to
repairing or replacing engines during the warranty period. Various other
car companies do this same thing expect on the cars that are undergoing
tests.

 

Great answer, but totally irrelevant to what he is asking!

 

It'll be rev limited to keep the engine from self-destructing.
I've hit the rev-limited fuel cutoff before in some of my cars.
However - I believe max top speed will be power limited. It
won't be able to reach redline in top-gear. There might also
be a speed cutoff, but I don't think it can be reached in a
stock car on level pavement.

The following review says a top speed of 125 MPH:

<http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/new/reviews/2001/gap0116.html?TACH>

 

I meant the other guy who said 'the top speed is the speed limit on the
road you are driving on'.

 

If the limit is indeed 130 mph, that is coincidentally the maximum speed
rating for H-rated tires, so I'll bet that's why the limit is set at
that speed.

 

A car with 200hp even with tall geared auto transmission should be able to
reach 230km/h or about 140 - 145 mph. That is, if it is not electronically
limited in some way.

Doesn't Honda publish top speed numbers on US market? In European market,
every car manufacturer publishes top speed numbers for every car model, in
fact it is required of them.

 

I had a 1998 Accord LX (4-cyl) coupe that I once had up to 144MPH on an
open, straight stretch of "middle-of-nowhere" interstate. I doubt the
actual speed was that high due to the innacuracies of the speedometer. I
estimate the actual speed was probably in the 130's, but I never felt any
sort of electronic or mechanical speed limitation. It just gradually slowed
accelleration until it wouldn't accellerate any more. The wind resistance
was just too great. I imagine the V6 might have enough power to get a
little faster.

Jeff

 

Jeff,
I trust your word. However, I made a trip to Las Vegas last year. While on
the road that goes thru the Mojave dessert--I was able to get the speed of
my 1999 Accord (4 cyld) up to 130 mph. It would not go any faster despite
the fact that I was going down a hill. I later done some research and
found out that my car has a built in device (governor) that prevents the
car from going faster than 130 mph. It's possible the governor on your V6
is set at 135 mph. Honda and other companies do this so that they don't
have to replace engines during the warranty period. It's possible that the
governor on Jeff's car is not working or someone disconnected it.
Jeff--did you buy a new or used car? If it was a used car--the prior owner
might have disconnected the governor.

 

I bought the car new. I had also read about the governor that would limit
the speed. (I read it to be 125MPH). That's why I was surprised to see the
speedometer go past that point. It is possible that the car did only get
up to 125, 130, or 135 (depending on what the governor is actually set at)
and that my speedometer was innaccurate by 10-20 MPH at those speeds, but I
never actually felt the car hit an accelleration "limit" per say. It just
gradually slowed accelleration until it wouldn't accellerate any more. I
imagine a governor would have hit that speed mark and the car wuld just
suddenly stop accellerating with a more abrupt drop in accelleration, but I
could be wrong. Of course, I never had the opportunity to test it a second
time. I live in the Dallas area and there aren't very many roads around
here with little enough traffic to make those speeds anything less than
suicide. I only got out of the city with an open highway that one time. I
later traded that car on a new 2001 4-door (for the family) when I took the
98 coupe in to the dealer for transmission repair. It was one of those many
Accords with transmission issues.

Part of the reason why I mention the possibility of the speedometer being
that innaccurate is because I would regularly compare my speedometer reading
to the radar reading on one of those Police
"here's-your-speed-you-need-to-slow-down-trailers" that was set up on
various roads. I found that when my Speedo read 40MPH, the radar trailers
showed 37-38MPH - showing a 2-3MPH innaccuracy in my speedometer at 40MPH.
I imagine if this was calculated out all the way up to 135MPH, my speedo
could easily have been off by 10MPH or more. I guess though, the
innaccuracy was a good thing. It always told me I was going a little faster
than the Police radar showed. I'm sure that saved me a few tickets.

Jeff