My GLE has a limiter :(
#1
My GLE has a limiter :(
I was out on ocean parkyway tonight(long empty straightaway highway for those who don't know) and was gonna try and hit my topspeed. I have gone around 120 MPH before on the same road but always stopped because of traffic. Tonight was perfect for it but once I hit around 118-119 the car jolted and the rpms dropped down to 3500 and the car just completely stopped accelerating. It was still pulling pretty hard up to the point and definitely could have done more. So that statement about all SEs and GLEs not having the limiter is false.
#2
Re: My GLE has a limiter :(
Originally posted by RapidMax
So that statement about all SEs and GLEs not having the limiter is false.
So that statement about all SEs and GLEs not having the limiter is false.
And my GXE had no limiter.
And are you postive you have a GLE and not a GXE?
#3
Re: Re: My GLE has a limiter :(
Originally posted by clee130
Errrrr ... all SE's do not have limiters.
And my GXE had no limiter.
And are you postive you have a GLE and not a GXE?
Errrrr ... all SE's do not have limiters.
And my GXE had no limiter.
And are you postive you have a GLE and not a GXE?
#4
when i was driving someone else's max, it was a GXE, and it just died at 115.....maybe you think your car has more power, but it really doesnt
....j/k ...but thats really wierd....i thought it was SE, no limiter at all, GXE mostly all if not all, and GLE, some had limiters?
![Stick Out Tongue](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
#7
i remember when i first got my car from my parents, (they bought it new, handed it down to me, well i handed em 11k, and then they gave me the car), i was foolin around tryin to hit the top speed....stopped at 117....i was sure i had a limiter at the time...i never drove in a car that hit a limiter, so i didnt know what it felt like ....then a few weeks later, i did it again, same thing....this time i turned off OD, and it went another 2-3 mph (uphill, so i knew it was still pushing)....so whats the point of my post?....change your fuel filter....ive hit 130 since i changed it....and like someone else said, the drop in rpm is probably gears changing
#8
I did the vin number check and my car is definitely a GLE. After I think it hit the limiter I kept flooring it for a while after that and the needle just stayed pinned exactly where it was.
#9
Originally posted by RapidMax
I did the vin number check and my car is definitely a GLE. After I think it hit the limiter I kept flooring it for a while after that and the needle just stayed pinned exactly where it was.
I did the vin number check and my car is definitely a GLE. After I think it hit the limiter I kept flooring it for a while after that and the needle just stayed pinned exactly where it was.
If it were a limiter you would probably "bounce" off of it over and over, like a slow rev limiter... That's how it was in my fathers Suburban (he was driving... I wouldn't drive that thing that fast
![EEK!](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Why doesn't someone with a GXE whose experienced this chime in.
#12
Originally posted by 97GLE
I guess I should say someone with a GXE with a limiter.
I guess I should say someone with a GXE with a limiter.
Originally posted by mzmtg
You will know if you have a limiter.
It is a very violent experience to hit it...you dont just stop accelerating, your engine drops to idle all of a sudden.
You will know if you have a limiter.
It is a very violent experience to hit it...you dont just stop accelerating, your engine drops to idle all of a sudden.
#15
it's true about the car just stopping to an idle. I've been in a friend's '00 monte carlo, and the limiter kicks in at 105. it feels like the car has shifted extremly hard, and then it's like you're in neutral, and no matter how hard you jam on the gas, you're not going any faster. I have a 99 SE, and i've hit 125 before wussing out. besides which, at 125 whatever civic or accord i'm racing has usually dropped out at that point
#16
Feul Filter
Change your feul filter and try it again. You'll be surprised. The feul filter is one of, if not the most ignored maintenance item. A clogged one really takes away top end pull. Change the filter every 15K miles.
DW
DW
#17
Seriously is very well could be maintainance. Previous to my 60k mile service my '96 GXE auto would seem to cut off at 120MpH. I would not bounce off a limiter or anything, I just could not go faster. After the 60k service I have gone 133MpH (or so according to my speedo).
-Cyrus
-Cyrus
#18
speed limiter??
I just dynoed my 98' GLE a few days ago at New England Dyno. I dynoed for top speed then for power. My top speed on the dyno; 191 mph. Thats the top speed with the car hittin the rev limiter in 4th gear. This is no BS. I have had this car since the factory and i have done all the modifications. I have only gone 130 on the highway but there is def no speed limiter on 98' GLE.
#19
Re: speed limiter??
Originally posted by spindation
I just dynoed my 98' GLE a few days ago at New England Dyno. I dynoed for top speed then for power. My top speed on the dyno; 191 mph. Thats the top speed with the car hittin the rev limiter in 4th gear. This is no BS. I have had this car since the factory and i have done all the modifications. I have only gone 130 on the highway but there is def no speed limiter on 98' GLE.
I just dynoed my 98' GLE a few days ago at New England Dyno. I dynoed for top speed then for power. My top speed on the dyno; 191 mph. Thats the top speed with the car hittin the rev limiter in 4th gear. This is no BS. I have had this car since the factory and i have done all the modifications. I have only gone 130 on the highway but there is def no speed limiter on 98' GLE.
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-Cyrus
#20
Originally posted by fearthegecko
it's true about the car just stopping to an idle. I've been in a friend's '00 monte carlo, and the limiter kicks in at 105. it feels like the car has shifted extremly hard, and then it's like you're in neutral, and no matter how hard you jam on the gas, you're not going any faster. I have a 99 SE, and i've hit 125 before wussing out. besides which, at 125 whatever civic or accord i'm racing has usually dropped out at that point
it's true about the car just stopping to an idle. I've been in a friend's '00 monte carlo, and the limiter kicks in at 105. it feels like the car has shifted extremly hard, and then it's like you're in neutral, and no matter how hard you jam on the gas, you're not going any faster. I have a 99 SE, and i've hit 125 before wussing out. besides which, at 125 whatever civic or accord i'm racing has usually dropped out at that point
#23
if you've gone past 120 before, then you know there is no limiter and that you need to change your fuel filter. The other thing is, i've read someplace that there are problems reaching the full 140 mph top speed because the tranny won't shift into the higher gear. What then happens is you need to turn Overdrive off so you get the extra torque to push it into higher gear. That only applies to automatics, tho, and since you have a 5 speed......i have no idea. Have a nissan tech look at it. Also, i know some bimmers and acuras have a device that can reprogram the cars computer to kill the speed limiter in it. maybe there's one for maximas too?
#24
Originally posted by fearthegecko
if you've gone past 120 before, then you know there is no limiter and that you need to change your fuel filter. The other thing is, i've read someplace that there are problems reaching the full 140 mph top speed because the tranny won't shift into the higher gear. What then happens is you need to turn Overdrive off so you get the extra torque to push it into higher gear. That only applies to automatics, tho, and since you have a 5 speed......i have no idea. Have a nissan tech look at it. Also, i know some bimmers and acuras have a device that can reprogram the cars computer to kill the speed limiter in it. maybe there's one for maximas too?
if you've gone past 120 before, then you know there is no limiter and that you need to change your fuel filter. The other thing is, i've read someplace that there are problems reaching the full 140 mph top speed because the tranny won't shift into the higher gear. What then happens is you need to turn Overdrive off so you get the extra torque to push it into higher gear. That only applies to automatics, tho, and since you have a 5 speed......i have no idea. Have a nissan tech look at it. Also, i know some bimmers and acuras have a device that can reprogram the cars computer to kill the speed limiter in it. maybe there's one for maximas too?
#25
Re: My GLE has a limiter :(
Originally posted by RapidMax
I was out on ocean parkyway tonight(long empty straightaway highway for those who don't know) and was gonna try and hit my topspeed. I have gone around 120 MPH before on the same road but always stopped because of traffic. Tonight was perfect for it but once I hit around 118-119 the car jolted and the rpms dropped down to 3500 and the car just completely stopped accelerating. It was still pulling pretty hard up to the point and definitely could have done more. So that statement about all SEs and GLEs not having the limiter is false.
I was out on ocean parkyway tonight(long empty straightaway highway for those who don't know) and was gonna try and hit my topspeed. I have gone around 120 MPH before on the same road but always stopped because of traffic. Tonight was perfect for it but once I hit around 118-119 the car jolted and the rpms dropped down to 3500 and the car just completely stopped accelerating. It was still pulling pretty hard up to the point and definitely could have done more. So that statement about all SEs and GLEs not having the limiter is false.
#27
Re: Re: speed limiter??
Originally posted by Vyrus
You still realize you would get no more than 150MpH on the road (if you're lucky), right?![Wink](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
-Cyrus
You still realize you would get no more than 150MpH on the road (if you're lucky), right?
![Wink](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
-Cyrus
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