Top speed of the MSP

had mine beyond the 140 marker, i say 145ish but still hit a fuel cut, felt like hittin a wall....speed only kills time

lol
maybe thats why they took my license for a 89 in a 55.....hmm
 
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The car is gear limited.

Try a search on this matter there is definitely a ton of material on this topic. Nothing wrong with bumping an old thread either (thumb)
 
I went beyond the 140 mark like many others.. downhill in death valley.. what a place to crash and burn. We were on a group drive with like 20+ cars... it was insane to see that many cars going that fast....
 
I've hit 130 with a cut once... second try I hit 135 with no cut (other than me taking my foot of the throttle)... MSP's are so weird :)
 
130 for me, it took a long time because I was only at about 1/3 throttle in 5th (I'm scared to boost in 5th gear, so I kept it at 0). At 130 I shut it down, didn't want to go anymore; btw this was at like 3:00-4:00 in the morning on an empty Iowa highway. I probably won't be doing it ever again because I consider myself lucky that I didn't get caught.
 
Stock: 135... cut

Intake, exhaust, FMIC: 137... cut

Haven't tried it since way back then, but I had RPM's left, and it hit a cut, so I say again that the car is not limited by drag or gearing. It is a cut that is probably based on airflow just like the cut you will hit when boosting too much.

Just my .02
 
505zoom said:
Stock: 135... cut

Intake, exhaust, FMIC: 137... cut

Haven't tried it since way back then, but I had RPM's left, and it hit a cut, so I say again that the car is not limited by drag or gearing. It is a cut that is probably based on airflow just like the cut you will hit when boosting too much.

Just my .02
(mswerd) if it was drag limited you wouldn't hit a cut, you'd just stop accelerating.

~brian
 
I'm either a pussy, or I'm just really smart...but I don't see myself going over 100 on an interstate. I dunno, I know what my car can do..I trust you guys, but I'm sure as hell not going to do it. lol
 
thunder said:
That is if they can catch up with you! lol Here in QC they quit chasing once they reach 160 km/h (and even before). A lawyer even said that if they start chasing you, just go up to 200 km/h!! (on the freeway of course)
i was arrested by an off duty cop last weekend. i think i cut him off doing 130 oh the highway (kmh) he got behind me and started flashing his high-beems at me ... after like 2mins i got fed up so i sped up, started passing cars. went up to maybe 150 ... he was still there doing the same thing. I got scared. Who knows what this guy wants. With all that road rage crap we hear about on tv n stuff, i didnt wana take any chances. so i really started speeding, passing cars left and right ... got up to ~200 then slowed down. he caught up and kept flashing his ******* lights. he then changed lane and started coming up left to me so i jammed the brakes, got behind him and started doing the same thing.

that's when i saw his arm out of the window with a badge (hand)

after a long talk on the side of the highway (maybe 5mins) he left. i didnt get anything.
 
yea i know. but i dont think an off duty cop can give you a ticket. He did say that he called for backup to catch my friend ... but by then, he was a few kms ahead of us. I still called him as soon as the cop left to tell him to get off the highway cuz while i was talking with the cop, i saw 3 cop cars pass at like 180 next to us.

The cop said that if i hadnt stopped within 30sec (he had been following me for like 2min30) he wouldve had to call for a backup helicopter to follow me.

I coulda been on tha newz !

EDIT: what scared me the most though is that i really thought the guy wanted to run me off the road or shoot me, so in a way, i felt i was forced to drive that fast ... at 7pm ! the highway isnt exactly empty at that time of the day. I don't mind driving fast at night when there's nobody around, but that was just too crazy. This wasnt something i planned to test, but our car does handle pretty well at 160 ~ 200kmh zigzagging in light traffic.
 
Metal MP5 said:
yea i know. but i dont think an off duty cop can give you a ticket. He did say that he called for backup to catch my friend ... but by then, he was a few kms ahead of us. I still called him as soon as the cop left to tell him to get off the highway cuz while i was talking with the cop, i saw 3 cop cars pass at like 180 next to us.

The cop said that if i hadnt stopped within 30sec (he had been following me for like 2min30) he wouldve had to call for a backup helicopter to follow me.

I coulda been on tha newz !

EDIT: what scared me the most though is that i really thought the guy wanted to run me off the road or shoot me, so in a way, i felt i was forced to drive that fast ... at 7pm ! the highway isnt exactly empty at that time of the day. I don't mind driving fast at night when there's nobody around, but that was just too crazy. This wasnt something i planned to test, but our car does handle pretty well at 160 ~ 200kmh zigzagging in light traffic.
You have got to be the dumbest person I've read about on this forum. Seriously. I really hope you're being sarcastic or lying.
 
LOL. Running from the cops swerving through traffic? Been watching too many movies lately? Anyway, the MSP can get up above 140. When I was traveling through North Dakota (when I first got my car), and there was straightaways for ever. I tested my completely stock car and It went over 140. It wasn't accelerating very fast after 130 though.
 
i wasnt running away from a cop but more from an SUV that was up my bumper flashing his high beams at me

tease: i dont really care what people on the internet think about me. but you go tell that to the people that died here last year because of similar road rage incidents. i rather drive faster and pass 4~5 cars at high speed than being hit by some crazy SUV driving guy or being shot.

People have been shot here on the highway before. ok that was a cop, but i didnt know until after i let him pass in front of me, which he fully understood while we were talking and why he let me go.

don't judge other people that fast
 
Drumfreak said:
Just cuz I'm a risk taker sometimes I topped out my Mazdaspeed cuz I was curious. With one other person in the car I got it up to 137 MPH. When I hit 136 the engine started to shut down. Probably just the ECU cutting the fuel. Anyone else had this same experience. My friend didn't believe I could crest 130. Ha ha I showed him. I would suggest on not doing this cuz it's super dangerous. I inspected my car before running i.e. tire psi, lights, temp, coolant, oil. Plus it's very illegal and how in the hell do you explain 137 mph to a cop let alone a judge when your ass is in court. The car feels very smooth over 130 surprisingly. I wasn't scared the whole time. Anyways, that's how fast these go so need to try just use me as an example. But I would love to hear similar stories.
dude I hit 130 and was sh@#ing bricks
 
230 Km/h is pretty much where the car hits 6300 RPM.

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