Has anyone taken their I30 to the limit? Do we have speed limiter in our ecu? I was doing some spirited driving the other night and got it up to 135 before I slowed down--I never hit a limiter---I thought we had one at 120?


Mark

 

I know the "t" models don't have a limiter. I have gone 130, but shut her down because of traffic.

 

just admit it,you slowed down cause you were scared!!

 

 

I've had my speedometer beyond 140 several times... I don't recommend doing it especially if you don't have upgrade suspension components. The front end starts to get a little bit of lift to it and feels floaty.

 

I cant go over 100 til I get new tires

 

So do we have limiter's?

 

I don't believe we do, I took my i30 to ~135MPH and it still pulled, I had to stop cause my snow tires are only rated up to ~115 MPH or so, so it was alittle nerve racking.

 

Sorry to get OT, but aren't the 96-99's the 1st gen of the I30

 

That is what I have always said.

 

maybe you should put it in faqs, or put a new 'locked' sticky post with it in the title only. (If its in there already sorry I didnt look )

 

the 4th gen maxima is the same as our 1st gen I30....but both share the same body code....A32, since that body code was for the maxima in 1995 I have to accept the fact that we are 4th gens.

 

I still say we are 1st gens. I like the sound of it better

 

??????? 96-99 I30 and I30t have a top speed of 127m/t and 123a/t. You can get this info from either edmunds.com or Infiniti USA

 

Sorry that is wrong information.

 

Your right the i30t top speed is 139m/t and 135a/t. The other info is correct for the standard I30.
www.nissannews.com

 

Touring models do not have speed govenors on them. I as previously posted have had my speedometer pegged well above 140. Not very safe, but it has been done.

 

Sorry but this is not true go to www.nissannews.com and look at the specs for the I30t. It tops out at 139 w/ 5speed. Maybe you have upgraded your ecm or cut that wire?

 

no, I haven't altered my me ECU, that also states that you have 190bhp, go to the Dyno and have them figure out your power, if you have 180 you're lucky. Even though our speedometers are not the most accurate guage in the car. My speculation of that webpage is that there is a 3mph difference between the maximum speed between the standard model and the "t"? If anything that should be backwards because the Touring model being heavier. There is no ECU difference between the T models and the Standard models, just for the 5 spds and the automatics. So that doesn't make sense that they ECU would geovern the standard model to 136 and 139 to the Touring. I assume that like most magazines and sources that they report what their experience with the car was, it doesn't make the information gospel truth. I also want to ask you when you last got 26mpg in your 5spd. Its on that webpage, it must be the truth.

 

First of all for the sake of argument this information is directly from nissan. Secondly the I30t has upgraded suspension which would make it capable of handling higher speeds. The I30t is also the sport version that is why Nissan decided to give it a higher top speed. As far as the weight difference, the I30 is slightly faster than the I30t in 0-60 and 1/4 mile.However this has nothing to do with the top speed.

 

Wrong, the I30t automatic and the I30 automatic have the same ECU, being able to reach a higher speed has nothing to do with the suspension. Those numbers coming from Nissan or not are not the last word in your cars performance. You can live you life on that spec you read, I'll continue with what I've done and seen. On a side note, you'll find 70% of the performance parts don't have an I30 application I suppose you are going to believe that they wont work on your car.

 

????????This is irrelevant. What does maima performance parts have to do with top speed? Please try to stick to the subject. Before I bought my I30 I had a 93 integra 2dr. When I would drive the car past 110mph sothe car would shake viscously. Anyways believe what you want. I never drove past 120mph before the ecu upgrade so I don't know first hand what the stock top speed is, but I would rather take the word of the company(nissan) who made the car over yours. To each his own.

 

question, doesn't the spoiler do something? As in break the wind and help the t model pick up speed faster? am i m wrong about this? Also, whats the deal with my ride... '99 limited any difference between mine and regular '99 i30 ?

 

Nissan claims the drag on the T model is less. I kinda doubt it but they say it is.

 

WEll it has to be, NISSANs word is good as gold. Dont speak against the word of nissan.

A32-I will believe what I see over what I read on the internet, I guess you should as well.

 

I have gone 130 in my 99 I30.... Its funny because I still had pedal left!!!!

 

in o/d there is a limiter at 120 in mine. but if i put it in o/d off i've buried the needle numerous times.

at a track of course

 

[QUOTE=willy431]Has anyone taken their I30 to the limit? Do we have speed limiter in our ecu? I was doing some spirited driving the other night and got it up to 135 before I slowed down--I never hit a limiter---I thought we had one at 120?


I had to do a video recently where I needed to get a speedo at high speed. I jacked up the front end, cranked it, put it in drive and tapped the gas. With no problems observed, I tapped it again and held it for a bit. It went to 140 and held there for a little while after I let off. Car: 1997 I-30t, no mods 94K miles.
Video: priceless

I've also had it on the ground doing 120. Felt good but ran out of real estate and backed down.

 

Let me say this without offending anyone....

That has to be the worst thing you could do to your tires. PLEASE tell me you are not serious. You know you have steel belts in your tires.... You know what centrifical force is... You NOW know that you could've destroyed your tires. I hope you get the longevity and control that you were hoping to get out of those tires. I dont know if I would be taking any fast turns in that car with those tires.

 

96 i30t here, went to 137mph and had some more to go , but had to stop.

 

I've had my 99 i30 limited to 140 @ 4K...I assume the ride was much smoother than in the t's because it seemed like I was going about 100 or so. Nothing I will ever attempt to do again, though...I don't believe the Limited ed. was meant to handle that speed.

 

No offense taken & appreciate the concern. I'm not sure I follow though... The wheels were off the ground, taken to speed and then back to 0 again. No problems since and I still drive the **** out of it pretty much full time.

I don't have a need to do it again anytime soon but to prevent someone else from testing out the needle stopper on their speedo, can you explain?

 

dyno figures are calculated to the wheels.

 

Speedo's are rather inaccurate at that high rate of speed... lets see some speed-gun results on your '140' mph runs and then i'll be a believer.

 

hey guys my limiter kicks in at 128ish every time. but that was before i installed my turbo. we will see next week what it can do.

 

O.K. I don`t know if somebody is still interested, but my best run was 260km/h
that means 161.5561 mph with my `95 Nissan Maxima european model on the autobahn here in good old germany. By the way, my car is in stock and it was no problem to handle the car. And a friend of mine has a Nissan Primera with an 1.6l 4 cyl. ga16ds engine with 90hp. His maxspeed was ( out of gauge) 240km/h that means 149.13mph at 6200rpm.

So, a BMW 540 or Mercedes S-class is no problem because german cars are limited at 250 km/h. I love these japanese cars.

Drive as fast as you can, the limit is the car not the police.

I hope the conversion was right, i think so.

 

I don't believe a stock 3.0 european model maxima ever went 160+ mph That would be almost 20mph faster than anybody else had ever done stock.

 

There is no way the car has the power or the aerodynamics to do that with that set up.

 

I took my third gen max se to 140 the other day. It was still climbing, but I had to slow down. (stupid traffic lights) Anyway, if my tired old 3rd gen can do 140 without the pedal mashed I believe 160 is doable. With a good tail wind.....who knows what is possible!

 

Sorry, but it is not possible.