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WTF??? 130 mph top end???

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Old 10-04-07, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by BUSTN
130 mph the car shuts down.What a dissapointment. All those gears and hp for 130mph...End of rant.
There is a computer chip available in Japan to cancel the speed limitation. Runs about 700-800.
Old 10-04-07, 09:09 PM
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please guys post some info on the tom ecm or chips available.Thanks
Old 10-04-07, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BUSTN
please guys post some info on the tom ecm or chips available.Thanks
HKS VAC (Velocity Advance Computer) Type S T-801 is the one that I am talking about. Although I am not 100% firm that it will work on US version of LS but I don't see why not (just like the Data System I hook up).

Next project is to enable the DVD playback and Navigation override while the car is mobile. Hopefully, I will have good news to provide.

BUSTN, hit me up with PM and we can discuss further if you wish.
Old 10-07-07, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
kind of bummer, i wonder why too? coz' we have crappier tires here?
No. Crappier drivers. Trust me, people don't know how to drive here in US-of-A.
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Originally Posted by BUSTN
Not a problem! Here's my back up for top end runs...
No wonder you have a problem with the 130 mph limiter. I'm guessing The GSXR probably hits that speed in 9 seconds. I think the only cure for your problem is an intervention and therapy to cure your speed addiction.

Yeah I tried it too and it doesn't work. Back in the day 7 liter Hemi Road Runners went 0-60 in 5.5 seconds and 8.2 liter Caddy Eldorados did 0-60 in around 9 seconds. Now we have this 4.6 liter luxobarge damn near mathcing the Road Runner's 1/4 mile times and a lot of us think it feels peppy at best.

I need to go trade the GTO in on a Z06 Vette. Can that bike do 198?? Course you could always buy a Busa and put a blower on it. Then again, when it comes to top speed on the ground, take a ride in this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6521295.stm
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I do have to admit that the fact that a 2004 ES 330 has an ungoverned top speed of 140 or so would be more than a little annoying if we were both running at the salt flats or some such place (like the interstate at 2 AM) and the ES went by thumbing his nose at me.

I guess Lexus did not realize that putting 380 hp in the car would attract a bunch of speed junkies.
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