What's the top speed of the 5th gen? How fast have you guys gotten yours up to?

 

I believe Road & Track gunned a 5th Gen at 143 which was just about 150 mph on the speedo. Ive seen pics of a speedo at 155mph on a 5th Gen ... guessing that was an actual of 145+. Personally I hit 140 mph once and I don't think I need to do that again anytime soon. If you have tire go out at that speed you WILL die!!

 

someone told me that preludes can get up to 170. i guess i was lied to. i was about two seconds from trying everything to get a 5th gen.

 

170 kmh maybe, but not mph. There's no way it can reach 170 mph, you're goona need a six speed for that.

 

Actually you will need a different final drive ratio. I have been over 130 and there are not many places on hte East coast to do that with any degree of safety. At the track the car get to about 120 tops and that is pushing it at Pocono (I'm conservative).
It really is a matter of wind resistance and gear ratios.

 

I've been to 120 with all of 5th to go.

 

I've been over 100 many times, up to 130 once..... even for me, that is quite a thrill and a hair raiser. I don't think I'd ever try it again. But I will say this: the car does feel stable up to 120, then it starts to loosen up a bit. At 130 the steering started to feel a little vague. I choose to keep her under 120. I just cringe at the thought of loosing control at that speed. So when that thought enters my head, it usually makes me slow down.

 

I tried it all the way up to 150 mph. The rev went past the redline (7400 rpm) and almost to the fuel cut off (7900 or 8000 rpm). The rev was around 7800 when it hit 150 mph and it got stuck there so I'm not sure if the it continued to go faster to around 151 or 152 when it finally cut off the fuel. The car did not shake at all but my car is also 2 1/2 inches low and I'm running on 225 wide tires so maybe that helped.

 

There is a slight error in the speedo and tach.... Car and Driver had the car clocked at 142 when the speedo said 150, and the tach is acutally about 300 rpm slow, which is not a bad thing.

 

Top speed is 150mph. I've gotten mine to 150mph awhile back. Damn was it crazy, but it was pretty smooth. The wheel wasn't jerking or anything like that for me