Slow S2k?
I kept waiting for someone to finally post that. 
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I have 2 hypothesis' well 3ish
1. The incline appeared more steap than it was...
2. Depending on the altitude change from your daily driving, the computer may not have been adjusted for the lack of oxygen at your particular height.
3. a passenger adds an effective 5% of sprung weight to the car. Shouldnt be significant but.
I would go with 1 or 2 however. From a 50mph ish rolling start, I hit 130 in id say a half mile perhaps
sure you arent granny shiftin? it doesnt seem to matter what gear you are in it should pull in Vtec no problem
1. The incline appeared more steap than it was...
2. Depending on the altitude change from your daily driving, the computer may not have been adjusted for the lack of oxygen at your particular height.
3. a passenger adds an effective 5% of sprung weight to the car. Shouldnt be significant but.
I would go with 1 or 2 however. From a 50mph ish rolling start, I hit 130 in id say a half mile perhaps
sure you arent granny shiftin? it doesnt seem to matter what gear you are in it should pull in Vtec no problem
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Originally Posted by blackout,Apr 3 2007, 10:00 AM
I have 2 hypothesis' well 3ish
1. The incline appeared more steap than it was...
2. Depending on the altitude change from your daily driving, the computer may not have been adjusted for the lack of oxygen at your particular height.
3. a passenger adds an effective 5% of sprung weight to the car. Shouldnt be significant but.
I would go with 1 or 2 however. From a 50mph ish rolling start, I hit 130 in id say a half mile perhaps
sure you arent granny shiftin? it doesnt seem to matter what gear you are in it should pull in Vtec no problem
1. The incline appeared more steap than it was...
2. Depending on the altitude change from your daily driving, the computer may not have been adjusted for the lack of oxygen at your particular height.
3. a passenger adds an effective 5% of sprung weight to the car. Shouldnt be significant but.
I would go with 1 or 2 however. From a 50mph ish rolling start, I hit 130 in id say a half mile perhaps
sure you arent granny shiftin? it doesnt seem to matter what gear you are in it should pull in Vtec no problem
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When my car was relatively new I made it up to 155mph with the top down and a passenger. Our combined weight was easily over 400 lbs. We hit 140 mph like it was nothing.
More recently I made it up to 140 with the top down and 50 lbs of hockey gear on board. I even managed to take a picture with my camera phone.
I am going to go with the others and say that it is probably the mountains. My first run was in Louisiana (200 ft above sea level) and the other Tennessee (600 ft above sea level)
More recently I made it up to 140 with the top down and 50 lbs of hockey gear on board. I even managed to take a picture with my camera phone.
I am going to go with the others and say that it is probably the mountains. My first run was in Louisiana (200 ft above sea level) and the other Tennessee (600 ft above sea level)
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I agree with the OP.I was on the hwy a couple months ago and just wanted to see what see could do and ran her to 150mph.no struggle at all...she pulled hard to 150mph but the car still feels slow to me...and i just got a dyno a couple weeks ago.310whp/206tq.maybe it's just time to up the boost. 