what mph is the imports restricted to, is it 112mph??

 

Yes and used to a gentlemans agreement of 280ps.

 

my ek9 on gps states 118

 

so who nos for definate 112 or 118???

 

It is a 180kmh which is roughly equal to 112mph, but u may be able to go off the clock before the car cuts out. Possibly getting about 118 - 120mph

 

my speedo hits 134mph but gps is bang on 118 and the limiter kicks in

 

I don't know if I have missed the point but my import WRX has achieved 145 MPH , so 112 mph is hard to understand .

 

limiter whats that lol rip it out

 

lol ! its pretty good for me, as im known to drive till a car wont go no faster, so hopefully ill keep my licence whilst ive still got ek9

god help me when i get a version 4/5 type r though

lol

 

You cant remove the limiter on a WRX; you can only convert the car to read in MPH (by use of a drop gear on earlier cars); the limit remains but at 180MPH tather than an 180KMH (112MPH).

Simon

 

Buy a chip of ebay for £195 ....de limit the car and give you approx 40bhp more.

Bob

 

im confused by this limiter lark, just by converting the reading from kph to mph, how does that change the limiter to kick in from 180 kph to 180 mph ?

what is the restrictor, ecu based ?

i know a dongle thingy goes on the system,early types, speedo cable etc, but is the limiter a top end one or does it affect acceleration too ?

cheers....

 

FFS; the comment about a 40bhp chip is absolute bollocks for starters.... Youre looking at an early JDM Classic arent you? That will have a cable driven speedometer. The restriction is in the ECU; and the ECU receives a signal from the speedometer head (thats why the car barely runs in 'limp' if your speedo cable fails). The way to derestrict you car, if you feel that you need to, is to fit a small mechanical 1.6:1 drop-gearbox at the transmission end of the speedo cable. As Im sure youre aware, 1mph equates to (approximately!) 1.6kph; so fitting the drop gear causes the speedometer head to now display a 'mph' road speed. If your car still has the original kph speedo facia fitted then all you need to do now is fit a 'M' decal over the 'K' in KPH..... It might not be this easy though, because the car may have been adapted for use in the UK by fitting a recalibrated speedometer facia only (this will be an MPH facia that reads up to about 115mph): if this is the case then youll hve to fit a new 180mph facia, or the original (adapting the 'K' to 'M' as before) again.

Later JDM cars have an electronic speedo similar to all UK cars, but thats not relevant if youre looking at a 1993-1997 Classic.


Simon

 

111.83 to be exact pretty sure the speedo is not calibrated to such a high degree of accuracy, so 112 will be close enough

hope this clarifys

 

Applies to Jap imports only not EU cars - which is yours ??