Top Speed

[vootie]

How fast have you been in your 300C? I have read things about limits in the computer for speed max limit.(92) my freind has a Magnum RT he claims has been to 140. I own a 99 Corvette that I know has been to 140.Once only!!!!. I was just trying to find out if there is really a speed limiter on my new 300C. If you pay for 160mph speedo you should be able to use it somewhat if you choose. (Speeding fines and loss of motor vehicle privilaces may apply)
Just for Info
Paul Campbell

[bipto]

How fast have you been in your 300C? I have read things about limits in the computer for speed max limit.(92) my freind has a Magnum RT he claims has been to 140. I own a 99 Corvette that I know has been to 140.Once only!!!!. I was just trying to find out if there is really a speed limiter on my new 300C. If you pay for 160mph speedo you should be able to use it somewhat if you choose. (Speeding fines and loss of motor vehicle privilaces may apply)
Just for Info
Paul Campbell
There's a speed limiter, but I think it's well above 92 MPH. Not 100% sure, but 137 sticks in my brain... :?

[MagnumFreak]

128 due to H rated tires. Car still pulls hard even at that speed. Autostick mode speed limiter hit 4th gear!! I know it is capable of much more. :twisted:

[E8502]

Yes, 128 is the LIMIT on both the Magnum RT and 300C... In Europe it may be different (as in higher).

[vootie]

So where do we buy the chip or Hypertech re-programmer.
Paul M Campbell

[Reppr]

I know personally that my 300 limits at 126mph.

[E8502]

That's odd... It's 128 MPH on all C's... Maybe your speedo is messed up?

[67Cuda]

That's odd... It's 128 MPH on all C's... Maybe your speedo is messed up?

I'm sure there is a plus/minus factor on the limiter.

[European Magnum Maniac]

all major Brands LIMIT theire cars at 250kn/H what should be around 130 Miles!
Waiting for my Magnum here in Germany and will find out with no speed LIMIT how fast it goes and how to overcome. If there is any Chip let us know

[threefortyduster]

If you pay for 160mph speedo you should be able to use it somewhat if you choose. (Speeding fines and loss of motor vehicle privilaces may apply)
Just for Info
Paul Campbell
what about loss of life of a tire that is only rated at 130 mph while going 160? how about lawsuits that would be brought by the family of someone who was going 160 and just flat couldn't handle it, so they sued chrysler for allowing him to drive that fast? think things through...trial lawyers are just licking their chops waiting for something to happen so they can try to get rich at the expense of a company.

i think changing your speed limiter should be the worst of your worries when it comes to the computer, first i would want to get rid of the crappy torque management (limiting) programming.

[IDSmoker]

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how about lawsuits that would be brought by the family of someone who was going 160 and just flat couldn't handle it, so they sued chrysler for allowing him to drive that fast? think things through...trial lawyers are just licking their chops waiting for something to happen so they can try to get rich at the expense of a company.
While it's true that you can literally sue anyone for anything, some lawsuits are still considered unwinnable. This is one of them.

Suing Chrysler (or a dealership) for selling someone a car capable of going 160mph (assuming the tires, and everything else, are rated for 160mph), that they then killed themselves with, is equivalent to trying to sue Remington (or a sporting goods store) for selling a gun to someone who acidently shot and killed themselves (assuming there weren't any defects in the operation of the gun).

Being a citizen of this country still requires that we take at least a little responsibility for our own actions (such as killing ourselves while traveling at more than twice the legal limit). If you are unhappy about this fact, just wait a few more years, I'm sure the government will get around to ridding you of your last legal requirements for personal responsibility... right before they vote for the bread & circus.

[markyneutron]

hit it on the hiway in my neighbourhood and climbed up to 210kmph 130mph. Had a tailwind but the limiter did not engage (feels like the car is stalling). Will try to duplicate with no wind and see how far it can push out to.
P.S. If anyone in law enforcement is reading this I'm lying :wink:

[AndyK]

EMM:

250 KPH = 155 MPH.

[vootie]

Like i said, Hypertech should be working on a reprogram unit,

[E8502]

hit it on the hiway in my neighbourhood and climbed up to 210kmph 130mph. Had a tailwind but the limiter did not engage (feels like the car is stalling). Will try to duplicate with no wind and see how far it can push out to.
P.S. If anyone in law enforcement is reading this I'm lying :wink:I am, *sorta*... But honestly, they don't care. :P

[wendellb@msn.com]

On the way back from San Francisco to Seattle just north of Frisco I had my 300C topped out at 129mph would'nt do anymore.

[done]

On the way back from San Francisco to Seattle just north of Frisco I had my 300C topped out at 129mph would'nt do anymore.

Wendell, you just revived a two year old thread.

[DawsonMagnum]

Wendell, you just revived a two year old thread.

That's because he was driving so fast that he went back in time to where this thread was current. :wink:

[Bandit]

LMAO

I was surprised to scroll through and NOT see mention of Meister hitting 171 in his 300C, I didn;t realize this was a 2 year old thread.

Wendell... were you really bored and decided to go back through two years worth of threads!

Worse thought: After searching and searching, the first thread that was interesting enough for him to post on was 2 years old. We are just not an exciting crowd!

[JonzMgnm]

Boy, I had to blow the dust off that thread before I read it....:mrgreen:

[Bubba's Dragon]

LOL I like this post, I have dreams of hitting 100mph every time I hit the freeway in Korea some times I dream of going 120 and seeing a M5 blow by my like Im parked. But that was just a dream cause I woke up and saw gas was $3.02 a gallon.

[JonzMgnm]

LOL I like this post, I have dreams of hitting 100mph every time I hit the freeway in Korea some times I dream of going 120 and seeing a M5 blow by my like Im parked. But that was just a dream cause I woke up and saw gas was $3.02 a gallon.

Stop dreamin' and start drivin' man, that's cheap for gas!!

[skeletonizer]

Me and my co-driver at top speed. Approximately 2.7 mph. I'm in the front.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i67/skeletonizer/DSC00940.jpg

[srtdan]

165-170mph but i was in my srt8.i had to chime in:banana:

[srtdan]

lol damn gas light,the fuel tank is too small on our cars,especially when a heavy foot is invloved:thumbs_u:
i just had my car dyno'ed and the guy had wanted to know what was the top speed,he got it to 170mph.i have a vid of
it on another post as "Dyno Day"

[Bruno_MS]

i got up to 155 in my RT magnum the other night

[S8ER01Z]

Still trying to get an absolute on this ...

Everyone keeps referring to Meister and his top speed run..yet when I read that thread his car did not appear to be stock. What Gives?

[srtdan]

meister is noway near stock.i mean so i hear :mrgreen:

[ASU_Magnum]

Still trying to get an absolute on this ...

Everyone keeps referring to Meister and his top speed run..yet when I read that thread his car did not appear to be stock. What Gives?

just find a nice stretch of road and find out :)

[S8ER01Z]

just find a nice stretch of road and find out :)
I am capped at 160mph from the factory and my car is proven to do 170+ with its removed... no real way for me to prove how fast an R/T is stock when I don't have one. ;)

[Bandit]

I am capped at 160mph from the factory and my car is proven to do 170+ with its removed... no real way for me to prove how fast an R/T is stock when I don't have one. ;)

What do you drive?? R/T's and C's have a limiter at 128, and the SRT8 runs up to 172 (redline). I've not heard 160 on anything before...

[S8ER01Z]

An 01 M6 Z28. :)

[Bandit]

Ahh ok, I thought you were talking about an LX.

[S8ER01Z]

Naw :) We actually got in a discussion about top speeds (someone claimed to have been well in the 170s with a stock 5.7L).. naturally when i looked i ran acrossed the infamous top speed guy around here. :) Just trying to get the facts straight.