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Originally Posted by gandalf71
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
I beg to differ. I think the Civic in 93 would cut the fuel electronically at 114 MPH. This is US version of course. I was searching around and the Del Sol mustered about 125. Funny, other forums about Hondas are arguing the speed as well from a stock Civic!
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Hmm
Maybe there´s a major difference between Europe and US Spec cars but as you can see in the spec sheet below (it´s in German but the numbers are quite self explanatory I think) the 92-95 model with 1.6 VTi engine has a specified topspeed of 133.5 MPH, so 137 may well be in the field of tolerance.
http://www.maxrev.de/civic-1-6-vti-h...ck-eg6-m39.htm
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There is differences and specifically in emissions controls that weight down and slow down American versions. California has even tighter restrictions and different emission controls set up than the rest of the US. Back then they had air pumps running off the motor that fed air to the catalytic converters to help burn off unburnt fuel. Just something else dragging the motors down. These engines can hit the higher speeds but often restricted above 115 MPH by the on board computers that will either retard the timing or reduce fuel. Basically a cut off so we do not kill ourselves. You know what though. Most cars can go 100 MPH. However, if you can do 100 MPH between stop lights....then you got something.
