top speed of the Mazda 3?

[malice4you]

Hey, just a simple question about the 3...what is the car's top speed? Does it have a governor? And if so...at what speed? I know that the 6 has a governor at 120mph (heard reports of 128 on manuals in 4th or something?) but I don't remember hearing about one for the 3...

Anyone know off the top of their heads? (...and don't go trying to find out for me...well unless you wanna )

thanks

-Dave

[RonH]

The Mazda 3's governor kicks in around 118mph.

[malice4you]

thanks

so you know from personal experience hmmm?

wonder how long till someone puts out a chip or piggy-back to remove that...

[freshie]

we had my 3 up to 127 on I-95

[Silver]

118mph per Road and Track

[FaFaFooeY]

That's really weird, we don't have govenors in Canada. Where do you live?

[Mazda3GT]

I live in Canada and all the literature (including the sales brouchure) say 188 km/h or about 118 mph - regardless of engine or options for the Mazda 3. These speed limiters are in the programming of the PCM.

Car makers have been putting speed (and Rev Limiters) on cars ever since they started using computerized EFI systems. Sometime in the mid-90s, certain Government agencies required to set the limiter to not exceed the speed rating of the stock tires that came on the car.

Eventually someone will come up with a hack for the computer where you'll be able to remove the speed limiter (or set it to an very high number like 255 mph). It really depends how popular these cars become and if some aftermarket company like Hypertech sees a market.

[apexjr]

Top speed should be around 90mph, because after then the acceleration is pretty slow. Of course, if you have a nice long stretch you can hit the speed limiter (round 120ish).

[Mazda3GT]

I've actually had mine well over 110 mph (180 km/h) and it didn't take a 5 mile stretch of road to do it. It got there quite quickly considering the engine size. I didn't bother taking it higher because I already knew about the limiter at 120 mph (188 km/h)

If these cars didn't have limiters, it would hit 130+ mph easily - but that would take the 5+ miles of straight road to do it.

[Mazda3_954]

I have gotten mine up to 130, once you get to 110 it takes a little time, but I had a nice 10 mile stretch to top her out.