Honda Accord (Top Speed)
tri...@juno.com
How fast have you driven your Accord??
Please include: Model Year (90-97)
Model (Se,Ex,Lx,Dx,V6)
Transmission (Auto,Manual)
And any modifications that you may have.
Gregory Maier
indicated 120mph on an open highway. The tires started melting at this
point, however and my friend wisely coasted back down to a more
acceptable speed.
Scott J. Mark
>> > And any modifications that you may have.My friend and I got his 96 EX
>coupe with the auto tranny up to an
>> indicated 120mph on an open highway. The tires started melting at this
>> point, however and my friend wisely coasted back down to a more
>> acceptable speed.
How do you know when the tires start melting?
sjm
John Weir
Scott J. Mark proclaims
: >> > And any modifications that you may have.My friend and I got his 96 EX
Yeah, good question - my windshield usually starts to melt first.
John
John Ward
The tires on the Accord EX coupe are H rated tires good to a little over
130mph. Since this is about the top speed of the Accord (I know the V6
sedan w/auto is 131mph), the tires are adequate. I have a 1996 Honda
Accord EX-L coupe and have had it up to 105mph with no problems
what-so-ever. I would've pushed it more, but I was on an interstate and
didn't really feel like getting nailed by a cop at that sort of speed.
The standard tires are Michelin MXV4's which are actually pretty decent for
factory tires. The Accord should handle 120 or even 130 with no problem
with those tires. Any faster than that, and I believe you need to move up
to a V rated tire. The best tires are Z or ZR rated, they're meant for
high performance cars such as a Corvette, Viper, etc.
Regards,
John
STR
> The tires on the Accord EX coupe are H rated tires good to a little over
> 130mph. Since this is about the top speed of the Accord (I know the V6
> sedan w/auto is 131mph), the tires are adequate.
The V6 actually has V rated tires, which are good for speeds up to 149MPH.
I believe the top speed is about 131MPH, but the speedometer would probably
read more, since it's not terribly accurate at those speeds.
> The standard tires are Michelin MXV4's which are actually pretty decent
for
> factory tires. The Accord should handle 120 or even 130 with no problem
> with those tires.
It handles very well with them...but you'll find that they are noisier and
offer less traction than other tires in their class - they are designed to
improve fuel economy, but at the cost of grip.
David Liao
Okay, I drive a 94 Accord EX four-door, and i replaced the stock michelens
with V rated pirelli's. On I-5, I had a speedometer reading of 129, but
with error and all, I'm guessing the actual speed was more along the lines
of 123-125 MPH.
-Dave-
George Pugliese
In article <33792...@207.18.66.3>, tri...@juno.com says...
>
>How fast have you driven your Accord??
>Please include: Model Year (90-97)
> Model (Se,Ex,Lx,Dx,V6)
> Transmission (Auto,Manual)
>
a radar checked and confirmed 143 mph
'95 Honda Accord EX.
This is what the car has.
DC header , DC cat. back exhaust. custom made ram air intake with
K & N filter.
17" wheels with 215 45 ZR 17 dunlops.
Neuspeed sport lowering springs and Koni adjustable struts.
When we did the tests( at a track) we lowered the car to 2.2"
I usually keep it at 1.8" drop
This is what the car did not have.
Removed the rear view mirrors and windshield wipers.
Removed the spare tire, jack, tools and crap from the trunk.
I also taped the gaps around the hood, fender and
hood to windshield gap.
George.
Bill Stanton
> How fast have you driven your Accord??
> Please include: Model Year (90-97)
> Model (Se,Ex,Lx,Dx,V6)
> Transmission (Auto,Manual)
> And any modifications that you may have.
Pardon me, but didn't you buy the wrong car if top speed is a
consideration? Accords are nice, but why buy one to go fast when just
about any other sporty car in its price range is far better suited to
performance driving?
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Arch Stanton
tri...@juno.com wrote:
>
> How fast have you driven your Accord??
> Please include: Model Year (90-97)
> Model (Se,Ex,Lx,Dx,V6)
> Transmission (Auto,Manual)
> And any modifications that you may have.
A friend says his 92 (Ex I believe) 4cyl - automatic tops out at 132mph.
He says it just takes him a while to get there.
STR
Sounds about right. If you unbolted the muffler you could probably break
130..but that would be pretty complicated. Replacing those Michelins was a
good idea..generally speaking, Pirellis offer more grip.
David Liao <ez05...@george.ucdavis.edu> wrote in article
<5lnsig$8fc$1...@mark.ucdavis.edu>...
STR
> Pardon me, but didn't you buy the wrong car if top speed is a
> consideration? Accords are nice, but why buy one to go fast when just
> about any other sporty car in its price range is far better suited to
> performance driving?
I think this person was just curious. For the record, though, they
(accords) feel VERY good at high speeds..as for sporty cars, well, that
depends on your definition of "sporty"...I have a 96 Contour SE, and it's
not as nice at high speeds (handling is about the same, but the ride gets
pretty bad and the engine is not willing above 110MPH..the accord pulls
strongly up till top speed). My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
much for sporty.
ZODiAC
i've gone bout 115 in my 97 accord ex sedan auto..several times its
fine cept that at around 100 the tires start wobbling..i was on a
bridge so it might have been the wind
henry
On 17 May 1997 03:17:31 GMT, "John Ward" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>The tires on the Accord EX coupe are H rated tires good to a little over
>130mph. Since this is about the top speed of the Accord (I know the V6
>sedan w/auto is 131mph), the tires are adequate. I have a 1996 Honda
>Accord EX-L coupe and have had it up to 105mph with no problems
>what-so-ever. I would've pushed it more, but I was on an interstate and
>didn't really feel like getting nailed by a cop at that sort of speed.
>The standard tires are Michelin MXV4's which are actually pretty decent for
>factory tires. The Accord should handle 120 or even 130 with no problem
>with those tires. Any faster than that, and I believe you need to move up
BEOWULF Forever!!!!
"STR" <oh...@usa.net> writes:
I find that hard to believe (about the low top speed in your wife's
Maxima), since I've done 110 MPH on an ALTIMA that has 40 less HP than
the Maxima. And the car wasn't shaking or nothing - I just slowed
down after that for fear of losing my license ;-)
Jim Bennett
BEOWULF Forever!!!! wrote:
>
> >I think this person was just curious. For the record, though, they
> >(accords) feel VERY good at high speeds..as for sporty cars, well, that
> >depends on your definition of "sporty"...I have a 96 Contour SE, and it's
> >not as nice at high speeds (handling is about the same, but the ride gets
> >pretty bad and the engine is not willing above 110MPH..the accord pulls
> >strongly up till top speed). My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
> >much for sporty.
>
> I find that hard to believe (about the low top speed in your wife's
> Maxima), since I've done 110 MPH on an ALTIMA that has 40 less HP than
> the Maxima. And the car wasn't shaking or nothing - I just slowed
> down after that for fear of losing my license ;-)
It's (at least) a little misleading to claim that a Maxima tops out at
108, when anyone that can read a car magazine knows that Nissan
routinely puts speed limiters on their cars (108-110 mph is common for
most of them). Speed limiters have nothing to do with "sporty". Try
doing 108 mph through a mountain road. It's irrelevant. "Sporty" can
happen at only 40 or 50 mph!
BTW, my (stock) 88 Mazda 626GT (which cost about the same as the 88
Honda Accord LX) showed 138 mph between Las Vegas and Los Angeles (and
probably could have done more) before I spotted the Highway Patrol and
quickly slowed back down. My 626 is not only much faster than my wife's
86 RX-7, but also it is far more stable that the RX-7 at its 125 mph top
speed. Also, Mazda didn't put speed limiters on their cars back then
(don't know about them now).
Jim Bennett
88 626GT (130K miles)
96 Volvo 850 Turbowagon (25K miles)
Joe Duerr
In article <3383DD...@prodigy.net>, JGBe...@prodigy.net wrote:
> BEOWULF Forever!!!! wrote:
> >
> > I find that hard to believe (about the low top speed in your wife's
> > Maxima), since I've done 110 MPH on an ALTIMA that has 40 less HP than
> > the Maxima. And the car wasn't shaking or nothing - I just slowed
> > down after that for fear of losing my license ;-)
>
> It's (at least) a little misleading to claim that a Maxima tops out at
> 108, when anyone that can read a car magazine knows that Nissan
> routinely puts speed limiters on their cars (108-110 mph is common for
> most of them). Speed limiters have nothing to do with "sporty". Try
> doing 108 mph through a mountain road. It's irrelevant. "Sporty" can
> happen at only 40 or 50 mph!
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if Nissan has done this with the
'95 sentra? I've got a 95 Sentra GXE Automatic and I took it up to about
113-5 on the speedo but then layed off because I didnt know if the engine
has a rev limiter and my auto doesn't have a tach. Blowing the engine
would have been a bad thing :) Anyways, is there any place I can get
information about 95 sentra's performance figures?
Thanks,
Joe Duerr
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Bill Stanton
On 20 May 1997 19:40:58 GMT, "STR" <oh...@usa.net> wrote:
> I think this person was just curious.
Well, so am I. I wasn't being rude, just trying to figure out why
people buy Accords and then try to eke out the last bit of performance
from them when it's so much simpler, cheaper and easier to go with a
car that has all that to begin with.
> For the record, though, they
> (accords) feel VERY good at high speeds..as for sporty cars, well, that
> depends on your definition of "sporty"
A car that goes fast off the showroom floor. Or at least slightly
quick. I would rather be in a car designed to go 140mph than one that
simply CAN, if pushed hard enough.
> ...I have a 96 Contour SE, and it's
> not as nice at high speeds (handling is about the same, but the ride gets
> pretty bad and the engine is not willing above 110MPH..the accord pulls
> strongly up till top speed). My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
> much for sporty.
A new Maxima GXE should go a lot faster than 108mph... And I don't
consider a Contour to be a sporty car. I'm thinking Eclipse, Mustang,
etc. These are sporty, an Accord or Camry, IMHO, is not.
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>> I think this person was just curious.
>Well, so am I. I wasn't being rude, just trying to figure out why
>people buy Accords and then try to eke out the last bit of performance
>from them when it's so much simpler, cheaper and easier to go with a
>car that has all that to begin with.
People buy accords for many reasons. But they still want to know about
other people's experiences in the accord's performance even if that wasn't
the reason they bought the Accord
Lee Chin
Hear, Hear! I bought one for my SO because it was a sporty looking
sedan, wing, alloys, and all. Now that I find I can make it faster,
why the hell not? I'd rather spend 12,000 on a 94 accord and add
$1000 in parts, than buy a 25~30k sporty car....
Begawk1
my 88 accord dx manual transmission has done about 110. It could have done
more but I didn't want to get arrested. It was very smooth at this speed.
I figure the top speed on my car stock is probably 120 or so.
dennis r. gorrie
In article <01bc6555$ab2e6020$f641accf@aptiva> "STR" <oh...@usa.net> writes:
>
>I think this person was just curious. For the record, though, they
>(accords) feel VERY good at high speeds..as for sporty cars, well, that
>not as nice at high speeds (handling is about the same, but the ride gets
>pretty bad and the engine is not willing above 110MPH..the accord pulls
>strongly up till top speed). My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
>much for sporty.
Accords certainly can drive quite nicely at high speeds. One of the things
that surprised my about a 95 accord wagon was how nice it drove at those
speeds compared to other vehicles I'd had. It's almost a mark against
it, because it so stable it's easy to forget just how fast you're going.
DJCinco
I've had my 91 Accord EX (auto) up to 125 mph on Hwy 680 north of
Oakland. I was impressed with how smoothly it handled at high speed. My
tach was sitting around 4500 rpm and the engine was just purring along. A
question was posed awhile ago on why would you want to make an Accord go
fast. My answer: they have the potential and they look great! Why not
go for a little zip down the road!
BANZAI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From,
A Honda
Fanatic
Ryan Rahim
dennis r. gorrie (de...@orion.calgary.chevron.com) wrote:
: In article <01bc6555$ab2e6020$f641accf@aptiva> "STR" <oh...@usa.net> writes:
: >
: >I think this person was just curious. For the record, though, they
: >(accords) feel VERY good at high speeds..as for sporty cars, well, that
: >depends on your definition of "sporty"...I have a 96 Contour SE, and it's
: >not as nice at high speeds (handling is about the same, but the ride gets
: >pretty bad and the engine is not willing above 110MPH..the accord pulls
: >strongly up till top speed). My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
: >much for sporty.
: Accords certainly can drive quite nicely at high speeds.
Relative to.....?
One of the things
: that surprised my about a 95 accord wagon was how nice it drove at those
: speeds compared to other vehicles I'd had.
Such as....?
It's almost a mark against
: it, because it so stable it's easy to forget just how fast you're going.
Yes, it is rather isolated.
Ryan
Fast honda
I have made minor mods to my 92 EX ACCORD (5-speed) and have little
problems running with "sports" cars. I have had it to a radar verfied 135
with no shakes or problems. it just cruises along like a luxury car. As
for buying a car with more power to start with, some people need more room
than a two door small coup has (integras, civics, eclipse, etc.) the
accord can be made into the best of both worlds: speed, handeling, and
room for the family.
C-bensa (Spence Man)
My Top Speed in my 95 Accord V6 is 210km/h
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Bill Stanton
On 30 May 1997 23:07:47 GMT, de...@orion.calgary.chevron.com (dennis r.
gorrie) wrote:
> Accords certainly can drive quite nicely at high speeds. One of the things
> that surprised my about a 95 accord wagon was how nice it drove at those
Perhaps you should drive some cars built to go that speed before you
say it's a car that drives nicely at speeds of 140mph or more.
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Marc wrote:
>
> de...@orion.calgary.chevron.com (dennis r. gorrie) said:
> >In article <01bc6555$ab2e6020$f641accf@aptiva> "STR" <oh...@usa.net> writes:
>
> >>My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
> >>much for sporty.
>
> know some purpose-built autocross cars that you'd find boring
> because they red-line in 5th before they ever make it to 108.
>
> >Accords certainly can drive quite nicely at high speeds. One of the things
> >that surprised my about a 95 accord wagon was how nice it drove at those
> >speeds compared to other vehicles I'd had. It's almost a mark against
> >it, because it so stable it's easy to forget just how fast you're going.
>
> (much better than the average <$20k sedan), but by 110mph is was
> very loose and tended to wander, and it felt like it wanted to
> fly off the road every time it hit a little bump. It is the
> worst car for 100+mph driving that I've ever had at 100+mph.
>
> Marc
> For email, remove second "y" from Gum...@tamu.edu
My yamaha did pretty good at about 140, made a 75 mile trip pretty quick.
Only problem? If you're gonna ride at night, put a clear visor on your
helmet, not a dark tinted one.
I'm glad the guy's in front of me had tail lights, of course they are why
I was going that fast in the first place.
Bill.
(long ago, the old yamer hamer don't go that fast any more, only up to
100 on a lonely road)
John
Marc <Gum...@tamu.edu> wrote in article
<339baa7a...@news.tamu.edu>...
> de...@orion.calgary.chevron.com (dennis r. gorrie) said:
> >In article <01bc6555$ab2e6020$f641accf@aptiva> "STR" <oh...@usa.net>
writes:
>
> >>My wife's Maxima GXE tops out at 108...so
> >>much for sporty.
>
> You think that sporty is directly related to top speed? Then I
> know some purpose-built autocross cars that you'd find boring
> because they red-line in 5th before they ever make it to 108.
>
> >Accords certainly can drive quite nicely at high speeds. One of the
things
> >that surprised my about a 95 accord wagon was how nice it drove at those
> >speeds compared to other vehicles I'd had. It's almost a mark against
> >it, because it so stable it's easy to forget just how fast you're going.
>
> The Accord I drove very fast was solid and stable up to about 95
> (much better than the average <$20k sedan), but by 110mph is was
> very loose and tended to wander, and it felt like it wanted to
> fly off the road every time it hit a little bump. It is the
> worst car for 100+mph driving that I've ever had at 100+mph.
>
> Marc
> For email, remove second "y" from Gum...@tamu.edu
Well, I have a '96 Accord EXL coupe (auto) and had it up to 105mph and it
seemed pretty stable to me.... top speed is around 130mph or so, and I have
a feeling had I not wanted to get busted, I could've easily made it.
Regards,
John
>
Qna17
I own a 97 Accord EX - 4 door, i was doing 110mpg, and i was surprised
that the car was really stable, no hard vibrations.. the car still felt
willing to go faster.. i was pretty impressed. and to me, the car didnt
feel like it wanted to wander the road.
George Pugliese
In article <19970613061...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, qn...@aol.com says...
>
>I own a 97 Accord EX - 4 door, i was doing 110mpg,
Now that is incredible. 110mpg, I bet gas stations must hate you.
(I'm just kidding, I know what you ment)
> and i was surprised
>that the car was really stable, no hard vibrations.. the car still felt
>willing to go faster.. i was pretty impressed. and to me, the car didnt
>feel like it wanted to wander the road.
George.
pugl...@iag.net
Vick H
Ive owned two Accords, one 1990 Lx 5-speed and at present 1992 EX
(automatic). Ive hade both to the computer limited 120mph (if the speedo
is correct). Does anyone know how to
defeat this limitation. I'm convinced by the pull of the engine above
100mph that the car will
do 130mph.
Also, I was watching Stories of the Highway Patrol and they were chaseing
a 1988 Accord
LXi and it was doing 130mph, according to their radar.
Vic
Drewmail
You may be able to get a chip upgrade that will change the max speed.
Check in the back of some of the car magazines.
My 89 Accord as done faster, but it is not quite as stable as the newer
cars at those speeds.
Accords are bult for economic comfort not top speed. I love mine, I
rearley have problems with it. When it come time to buy again, I will
only buy a honda or a accura. I have never owned a car this long, but it
just keep going.
Just my @ cents worth.
Al Carnley
In article <19970617113...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, vi...@aol.com
(Vick H) wrote:
I'll back up that story. I have an '88 LXi and have had it up to 110 with
plenty of peddle left. Ran suprisingly smooth, too.
BTW, I have over 180K miles on it. At the time of the 110mph, I had
probably 150K. Don't generally drive that fast anymore.
--
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Richardson, Texas
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> How fast have you driven your Accord??
> Please include: Model Year (90-97)
> Model (Se,Ex,Lx,Dx,V6)
> Transmission (Auto,Manual)
> And any modifications that you may have.
freebi...@gmail.com
Stock engine, besides an intake.
Prelude trans(not sure what yr, 92+ for sure)
120-123mph, smooth as can be
Wade Garrett
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