so im going to start by saying me and my friend were doing about 100-102 and it seemed like the car shifted cause the rpms fell a bit and felt like a shift happened, but another of my friends said it may have been a governor and it actually died.. but ive done about 112 on the interstate and it never let off, plus when that happened it kept going and i did about 108 before i let off

but i know i was in 4th gear when the "shift" happened i just want to know if we have an overdrive on the 06 lancer es? or something?... im not concerned about it, just interested in what it was so if anyone knows about what they may have been please let me know

 

You're talking about 100+ miles/h or 100 km/h?

 

100+ mph

 

Thats overdrive ... Theres no governor , atleast there isnt one on the 2002 .

 

Mph.

but me and my friend were talking more about it today, and he said it may have downshifted to 3rd when i gunned it doing about 45 mph and since its automatic its 3rd gear is probably going to be a bit longer than a 5 speed manual or 6 speed, and even so, you can do 80-100mph in 3rd gear in a manual anyways, but who knows, although everything ive seen my car does not have overdrive

but i believe my friend is probably right, though i do not remember for sure, but i dont think it downshifted when i floored it

on a slightly seperate note : would it be a good idea to have an overdrive installed?

 

In my car since I rev it a bit higher than stock (6900Rpm) this is my shift points . (Automatic)
0-38 1st
39-68 2nd
69-106 3rd
107-??? 4th
Never have topped out 4th but most I've done is about 150 still had about 500rpm left so my guess would be 160?

 

right on, how would i set the gear ratio's to that? and how do you set the rpm limit? do you have to get the limiter for it?

id say the fastest i went was about 112, thats when it was completely stock though, i could prolly get 120-125 out of it now

 

The rev limiter you have to change it via ecuflash you can set any rpm you want...but i would not recommend going over 7k rpm since the stock rev limiter is set at 6k from the factory.

 

i was gonna say i thought it was 6-6500 stock, i would prolly just set it to 6500, this little es seems to get a lot of power at 6500 were a lot of other cars just even out after about 4500-5k

i need to get on getting the ecuflash cable and software, anyone have a link to the exact one i shouldd buy for an 06 es?

 

The only reason i raised it was for track purposes to get more mph, the car would trap higher if I had a longer 3rd gear , if I put it into 4th the car would raise my E.t. I wouldn't really recommend it since these cars without crazy cams/turbo stop making power at high Rpm .

 

i really want to get some cams i just dont know what i should get or really even look for :/

i cant wait to have the $$$ to turbo it, but till then i get everything i can ready to handle the power easily and not run into any probs, cams would prolly be nice, i need to replace the timing belt soon anyhow, i should replace pulleys and stuff when i do it

 

What?! I don't think you know what you're talking about here. Very few have went to 6500 and even less have dynoed. Where are you pulling this assumption from? Especially being NA? We've all been NA, and no one is making "power". Wind resistance alone is going to keep you around 115. Just because the car doesn't have the "power" to go faster.

 

My rpm limit is at 6700 with the turbo making 216whp...not worth putting it higher if ur not turbo though

 

Exactly! That's what I'm saying! The few who did raise their limits are turboed and have a good tune/setup that have potential to keep making power. In example most of us are running a 16g,now if someone had a t28 or something like that? Come on stop fronting! Your turbo is winded and you're pushing dangerous territory.

This guy is talking about getting ecuflash just to raise his limiter because NA is making power up there!

When I was NA (and dumb) I had SRI, catback, headers, piggy and maybe another mod or 2, flat interstate I couldn't get past around 115. Foot to the floor, she was giving it all she had. There's no "power" up there, NA, even with mods. I am saying he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Now if he knew what he was talking about he'd say something like I'm going to get ecuflash to adjust my NA tune to try and gain a little more. Not raise my Rev limiter so I can keep making power.

 

im not getting my info from any verifiable source, i was more less stating an opinion

because when i gun it, i feel more pickup when its 5000 rpms and over, i mean it really should in any car because its burning more fuel and should produce more power...

ive taken my car at almost 115 and if it wasnt for a turn coming i wouldnt have let off the gas it was still climbing decently, and now i have a spoiler so they may help a few more mph's hopefully lol