E30 top speed limiter

[crunk3]

I hit roughly 210-220km/h in my 318is

[nando]

ok..pulled pin 14 and now the car runs out till there is no more gear left.. i buried the speedo so roughly 145-150 :) thanks for the help and yes the cruise still works

james was right, I had the wrong wire.. you got it though, I found pin 14 (I think it's on the blue plug??) and there was a green wire.. I just cut it for now, I can always splice it together later if I want to.

putting that damn instrument cluster back in was a major PITA.. stupid @$%^ airbag!!

[euroshark]

Niiice... I wonder what the 335i will pull with a 3.25LSD? Maybe 150? Im pretty sure the gearing is good to over 160, but I'll have to plug it into the gear calculator.

I hit an indicated 145mph in my Alfa, stock 2.5 with 155hp :)

Maintained it too, pinned at 6000rpm (rev limited at 6300) for around 15 - 20 miles through south western Colorado.

[pineapplegti]

Niiice... I wonder what the 335i will pull with a 3.25LSD? Maybe 150? Im pretty sure the gearing is good to over 160, but I'll have to plug it into the gear calculator.

I hit an indicated 145mph in my Alfa, stock 2.5 with 155hp :)

Maintained it too, pinned at 6000rpm (rev limited at 6300) for around 15 - 20 miles through south western Colorado.

well my 325i with stock motor stock exhaust 3.73 and ebay chip did 150 no prob, per the speedo of course which is about 3-4 mph off (fast) also the car has 198k on it lmao

[euroshark]

Not raining on your parade, but what speed is the speedo off by 3-4mph? I ask because when speedos are off, it's exponential when they are triggered the way these cars are. 3-4mph at 45mph could be 10mph, 15mph, maybe more at an indicated 150mph.

Nevertheless, thats impressive!!! I'm assuming you were near sea level? At altitude ours cars feel weak... going down 1000 or 2000 feet feels like you just got a supercharger!! If your 325i showed 150, maybe my 335i will be able to touch 160 indicated.

Not that I have the balls to try it on the highway...

[backtrail69]

well my 325i with stock motor stock exhaust 3.73 and ebay chip did 150 no prob, per the speedo of course which is about 3-4 mph off (fast) also the car has 198k on it lmao

Just thought id point out that undersized tires effect your speedo ALOT.

[pineapplegti]

Not raining on your parade, but what speed is the speedo off by 3-4mph? I ask because when speedos are off, it's exponential when they are triggered the way these cars are. 3-4mph at 45mph could be 10mph, 15mph, maybe more at an indicated 150mph.

Nevertheless, thats impressive!!! I'm assuming you were near sea level? At altitude ours cars feel weak... going down 1000 or 2000 feet feels like you just got a supercharger!! If your 325i showed 150, maybe my 335i will be able to touch 160 indicated.

Not that I have the balls to try it on the highway...

my grandfather has a radar gun(used for our landspeed car) that ive played with and 3-4 mph off is what we got at 60 on up to 125 (back when it was limited.) now im not saying it cant be off in the upper ranges but i do know that the speedo was pegged and engine was maxxed :)btw my tires are a bit undersized as well

[euroshark]

Well damn, that is pretty impressive then!!

[pineapplegti]

throw me the keys.. 160 feels the same as 150 :)

[german g]

A 187MPH reported top speed in a car that cost me less than $10,000...FTMFW.

nice!!!

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

yeee 4.10 ftw.

I don't know how accurate my speedo is, but when I run out of gear, bouncing at 7k RPM, I'm doing a speedometer indicated 143mph.

[SpunkyE30nOk]

I've hit 135mph indictated on the speedo and it was still accelerating with about 700 rpms to go before redline..I think she'll hit 140 no probs

prod 12/87/stock minus cat delete/K & N filter
ecu 173 i believe, 5 spd manual

[EtaSport]

my 2.7i mess ran the speedo out with a 173 ecu. my m50 stops at 135, or 128 probably with corrected speedo.

[euroshark]

Originally Posted by Nick View Post
A 187MPH reported top speed in a car that cost me less than $10,000...FTMFW.

Are you talking about your E32? I have heard of them hitting over 175mph with the speed limiter removed.

{hard on}

[Jesse30]

145 mph slight downhill

'89 325i, 5 spd, 3.73 open

10/88