Signed on to AOL this morning and right on the home screen is "Go, Street Racer, Go!" ...And I read on.. "Mitsubishi Lancer can top 150 mph" and then it provided a link to more 'speedsters'. The car is definitely in the well-known now...

 

heck, that's cool, but i think it's just as fun if someone doesn't have any idea what it is. i was talking to some guy in my complex parking lot and he looked at it and says "hmmm, nice aftermarket brakes" it ain't aftermarket if it came factory like that.

 

Only 150mph? A bit slow for that amount of horsepower .... but then you guys have a lot of drivetrain loss.

 

That speed is elctronically limited, although it probably is close to if not hp/aerodynamically limited too.

 

Cars with similar power

Evo ----> 157
350Z --> 155
G35C --> 155
Boxster -> 145-155?
TT Supra -> 155
STi ------> 145
The list goes on and on. Most are electronically limited. Some are just geared shorter. Nothing going 150mph is friggin slow.

 

wow...

^_^

 

didn't MT get 157 out of their test Evo in their supercar test?

 

yeah they did and they said it was electronicly limited

 

Quick question to all since this is my thread..
Do you have to reset the ECU after an upgraded BOV? Exhaust?
Back on topic..

 

STi's do 155 last time i checked ... u sure evil?

 

nah its 145

 

they r electroniclly limited too...145ish if i remember right

 

car and driver says 156 redline limited

 

the 145 for STi is a magazine #, the STi is not electronically limtied, nobody knows what the US version's top speed is.

 

I don't have that C&D, so I can't answer for their numbers, but this isn't right.

156 redline is the Evo, assuming 245/45-17 tires. If we believe Automobile magazine, fuel cutoff is at 7500 RPM, so actual top speed would be 167, but I doubt it could reach it stock.

The STi hits redline in 6th gear at 170 mph on stock 225/45-17 tires, and Automobile magazine says the fuel cutoff is at 7200 rpm, so it is gear limited to 175 mph. The STi will not reach this speed due to an electronic limiter at 147. Even if you removed the limiter, I seriously doubt it could do 170 stock. Peak power hits at 146mph and goes downhill from there, so I'd be surprised if it made it much over 160.

So far every magazine has stated it is electronically limited. I don't see anything in any of the literature for the USDM models, but I'm pretty sure there is a limiter at 145-148 mph. The Australian models have a limiter at 235 kph = 146 mph.