The listed top speed says 108 or some bullshit, and even speedo error wouldnt account for all that.

I was at 125, i was only at 3k rpm and hadnt gotten a shudder or a hint of engine shut off, lol

165 KM/H in a 1998 Prelude SH

A quick google showed that the Euro model had a top speed limiter right around 120 so it can definitely do at least that.






I've been 105 in a prelude. I would not recommend that.

i wouldnt either LOL, im sure the 200k mile engine was NOT happy, it was a flat stretch of NEWLY paved highway with little traffic, and the thing was shakin like a motherfucker past 95

Same here. We were going down a really steep hill and it was vibrating and bucking like a bronco. That should be proof enough for ricerfags that those cars are not intended for performance driving. At 105 my cars feels like it's just waking up. There are no vibrations and no bucking all the way to 180.

what gears you have in the rear?

3.42's. Stock. With the top speed limiter off LS1 F-bodies hit 186-187mph in 5th gear. They will go all the way there bone stock if you have a long enough stretch of road.


My rev limiter is set at 6500 vs the stock 6200. Theoretically that would put the car at 196mph topped out in 5th. I can rev to 6800 reliably. That's 205. I don't feel like letting my car sit between 6200 and 6800 for 30 seconds at WOT so I'm not going to try it. I think it's safe to say I could probably hit 200 if I stayed in it long enough and that's good enough for me. If a stock F-body can hit 186 with 350hp surely I can hit 200 with ~530hp.




Here ya go. This is assuming 3.42 gears with a 275/40/17 tire.




RPM 1st Gear 2nd Gear 3rd Gear 4th Gear 5th Gear 6th Gear
500 4 6 9 11 15 22
600 5 8 10 13 18 27
700 6 9 12 16 21 31
800 7 10 14 18 24 36
900 8 11 15 20 27 40
1000 8 13 17 22 30 45
1100 9 14 19 25 33 49
1200 10 15 21 27 36 54
1300 11 16 22 29 39 58
1400 12 18 24 31 42 63
1500 13 19 26 33 45 67
1600 13 20 27 36 48 71
1700 14 21 29 38 51 76
1800 15 23 31 40 54 80
1900 16 24 33 42 57 85
2000 17 25 34 45 60 89
2100 18 26 36 47 63 94
2200 18 28 38 49 66 98
2300 19 29 39 51 69 103
2400 20 30 41 54 72 107
2500 21 31 43 56 75 112
2600 22 33 45 58 78 116
2700 23 34 46 60 81 121
2800 23 35 48 63 84 125
2900 24 36 50 65 87 129
3000 25 38 52 67 90 134
3100 26 39 53 69 94 138
3200 27 40 55 71 97 143
3300 28 41 57 74 100 147
3400 29 43 58 76 103 152
3500 29 44 60 78 106 156
3600 30 45 62 80 109 161
3700 31 46 64 83 112 165
3800 32 48 65 85 115 170
3900 33 49 67 87 118 174
4000 34 50 69 89 121 179
4100 34 51 70 92 124 183
4200 35 53 72 94 127 188
4300 36 54 74 96 130 192
4400 37 55 76 98 133 196
4500 38 56 77 100 136 201
4600 39 58 79 103 139 205
4700 39 59 81 105 142 210
4800 40 60 82 107 145 214
4900 41 61 84 109 148 219
5000 42 63 86 112 151 223
5100 43 64 88 114 154 228
5200 44 65 89 116 157 232
5300 44 66 91 118 160 237
5400 45 68 93 121 163 241
5500 46 69 94 123 166 246
5600 47 70 96 125 169 250
5700 48 71 98 127 172 254
5800 49 73 100 129 175 259
5900 50 74 101 132 178 263
6000 50 75 103 134 181 268
6100 51 76 105 136 184 272
6200 52 78 106 138 187 277
6300 53 79 108 141 190 281
6400 54 80 110 143 193 286
6500 55 82 112 145 196 290
6600 55 83 113 147 199 295
6700 56 84 115 150 202 299
6800 57 85 117 152 205 304






Gear calculator compliments of LS1tech:http://www.f-body.org/gears/

This post was edited by FMX_89 on Apr 13 2010 12:06am

you said your car had 625hp a few weeks ago and yesterday you said close to 440hp and now you're saying 530hp

I've never, ever, ever claimed 625hp. Maybe it was a thread where I was talking about spraying a 150 shot? That's almost 625rwhp. I've never said 440hp either. I've said 448rwhp. That's what's on my dyno graphs. The car is actually making closer to 460rwhp now but I still use the 448 number because I have proof of that. 530hp is 450rwhp with an 18% drivetrain loss. Do you not understand the difference in rwhp and bhp (hp)? I said 350 for a stock F-body. I thought it would be fairly obvious that I was using BHP because that's what they are rated at... I'm at 530.

around 140