hey i was racin some of my buddies on the 401 and i was in 5th gear and gettin upto the 5000 rpm line and my car kinda gears down n i lost a butt load of speed...it happened twice..... does this sound like a govener???

 

if there is one i am pretty sure it kicks in around 115mph... and there is no reason to be going that fast on a public road

 

gov would shut the engine off I believe

 

It sounds like a governer (and governers don't really shut off the engine... I believe they cut eitherfuel or sparkto the engine... I'm not positive on which it is)... I hit the governer on my mom's Grand Am all the time (3.4l V6... hells yeah! 116mph if anybody cares). Anyway, that sounds exactly like what's happening to you. How fast were you going, anyway?I've never hit the governer on my civic (113 is the fastest I've had a chance to go in it).

 

You should be careful, racing on public roads really isn't a good idea

 

Sounds like the governer. Im suprised you hit it. usually you run out of road first on a NA D series. Lol jk

 

it had to have been over200+ k/h(not mph) cause iv gottin it up to 200 befor...i was goin faster then i was ever goin befor and it wasnt on public roads it was in the boonies on a big strech of road..... left my buddies WAY behind......i didnt think hondas had a guv tho it suprized me

 

Where im from,it's physically impossible to run out of road lol...I love atwo hour drive tothe nextbig city.u should check into getting that governor "fixed".

and don't race on public roads. thats what the highway's for.

 

it was on the hiway....and how much is it to get it takin off? im also gettin a b16 soon...should i just leave it?

 

I know GReddy and HKS both make (or at least used to make) governer overrides. Unfortunately, the only place I've seen them is Andy's Auto Sport, and I hate that place.