I drive on the autobahn all the time, over 5000 miles (in germany thats alot of driving) and usually keep it between 80 and 100mph. I've hit 105 but didn't want to do more not knowing about the governor. If it has one how does it work? Does it just stay at the max speed or does it shut down?


I have a sxt sport.

 

The caliber doesnt have any governor that i know about?Not unless you had one put in.[&:]

 

sorry double post

 

There are reasons more than a DCX engineer sitting around and going, "Haha, let's see how disappointed they will get when they run into the governor at 115 MPH!"

* Tires - Read that number and letter combo next to the tire size sometime. That is the load index and speed rating and they are to be read and understood together, not seperately. I've used this analogy before, a 75H tire would take a Lotus Elise safely to 130 MPH, but a 75H tire on our cars and you would be lucky to hit 100 MPH before tire failure.

* Glass and other items held on by simple silicone/urethane - The Porsche in the picture below blew their tire at 150 MPH (Nothing fancy by today's standards), but when it went sideways at 150 MPH, the crosswinds on the car sheared it's windshield clean off. Also this Porsche was going in a straight-line at 150 MPH when this occurred.



* Suspension, brakes, ABS, traction control, and steering - Everyone of these go hand and hand together. This alone is the main reason for speed governors. GM has an entire facility dedicated to the testing of these systems and what kind of speeds it can take that won't cause failure or pre-mature wear. Personally I wouldn't want to be on a track at 120 to 130 MPH with drum rear brakes (ie Caliber), been there, done that and scared ****less then. Nothing quite like blowing out a wheel cylinder boot at those speeds, losing your brake fluid and not being able to stop.



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Well the fastest I went in my Caliber was 175kms or 105 mph approx an hour on a highway in the summer on a long straight away. the photo below was taken by my brother on the first attempt. The only noise was really from the outside wind hitting the car. The speed limit on the straight away was 80kms. But because the car couldn't shift faster with the CVT tranny it seem to move so slowly when trying to go faster. We ended up not having enough road ahead and had to slow down. Here is the photo of my speedometer. I can tell you one thing though I highly doubt I will ever drive that fast again as it is too dangerous.

Also a video I found of someone in Canada here who tested how fast they could drive it. They didnt max out though, but got to about 110 mph


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzjAtf59GEo

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Damn, from the looks of your tach in the pic, you're almsot red lining! That can't be good for those little four bangers...next hing you know, KABOOM!

 

If you live in Ohio, the Governor never works [sm=exactly.gif]

 

ha good one.

 

I'd bet the Caliber has a PCM like all the other "newer" cars. This is where the top speed governor resides, in a program within the PCM, it's not mechanical.

<edit> Look for one of the programmer manufactures to come out with a programmer for the Caliber. The programmer would allow you to raise the speed limiter. Probably SuperChips or HyperTech would do it first.

 

wouldn't that void your warranty?