For some reason my mazda 3 has been stoping at 117 mph. Ill reach that speed and just stop. Ill slam on the pedal and it wont move any more. My Rpm. gauge doesnt fall back down it just stays steady. How can i fix this problem?

 

It's limited by the ecu....you can't "fix" it...Why do you want to go faster than 117 ???

I drive a Mustang GT and I don't drive that fast....

 

you sound like a real winner

 

i love to speed what can i say at 2 in the morning I-95 is all open road.

 

not cool.

 

What would you say when caught at 117 mph in a what a 70 mph, by the state troopers?

 

Get out and Push...

I'll second that it is not safe. but once in a while on the open road, no other cars, no police and only maybe for a minute. I say go for it.

I just got back from a road trip through the empty desert in Idaho-Utah. I was cruising along at 85-90 and decided to see if I could get the car above 100. empty freeway, middle of the day. I stopped at about 110, stayed long enough to snap a picture and went back to 85.

I was impressed with power and handling. I've had other vehicles at that speed and they were scary to say the least. I had plenty of power to go faster. but reason took over. I'll post the pic some time

 

All i have to say is going any faster than 110 in a fwd scared the **** out of me, stability goes through the window. . . no pun intended

 

where's darwin when you need him?

 

cant fix it unless you tune your ecu

 

I wonder what u gonna do if u blow a tire at 117mph.... (especially with OEM tires )

I'll say DON'T push it to the limit or you'll be

 

dont push it to the limit.....often, if you max out dont keep pushin it, if your gonna take it to the max, be sure your gonna do it right.

 

If you blow a tire at 117... you'd better hope you were driving in a straight line or know what you're doing. Other wise they'll be identifyng you by your dental records.

The heat build up, even on non speed rated tires, at 120 mph is really not much higher than at 90. If you drive for an hour at 120 you could have some problems, but if it's just a short sprint and your tires are in decent shape you should be fine.

When I worked for the local police department we used to have annual EVOC training. This involved simiulated high speed pursits on PIR (Portland Internation Raceway). Our department used high end street tires, 100,000 milers, but they were not speed rated. We would hit speeds of about 125 on the back straight away after high speed cornering manuvers. The cars would be used for 8 hours straight for a week and we only had about 2 blowouts in the 3 years I was there, we had plenny of spinouts into the grass, but very few blowouts.

Does that mean you can your mazda and drive at that speed all day long, maybe, but I wouldn't do it if my life depended on it. Part of the reason for the training is so that we know what to do if a tire does blow while going 100.

As always, Drive safe.

 

Any update on programming the ecu? Anyone come out with a system yet?

 

its gonna take a while, theres alot of stuff they gotta work through