I've been staring at the tach on my 1993 Civic LX wondering why it shows a redline from 6.5K to 9K RPM. So I decided to see where the rev limiter is on my car. I put it in 1st (its an auto ), took a brave pill, and dropped the hammer. The RPMs went up, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 6500, 6700, 6800, 6900, then it hit! 7000 RPMs was the max the engine was going to go. So I "shifted" it up to the proper gear for 45 MPH.

So, for the 92-95 Civics that have the 1.5L I-4, the rev limiter hits at 7,000 RPMs.

 

Also, for the same era Civics, the 5-speed version hits a speed governor at about 100 MPH.

 

Woo! Too bad I don't have a tach to go by!

 

welcome[sm=hiya.gif][sm=hiya.gif]i want to test to see where mine max's out but i dont want to bring it up that high

 

i did that in my 95 ex auto, and it went up to 8500 rpm on the tach in the cluster. no lie, and it would do 120 mph then stop accelerating because it didn't have enough power to push it past that

 

i think sumthin might be wrong with ur tach... or do you have an engine swap?

 

All D series are limited to 7200rpm by the ECU

 

speaking of d series, im new so please dont flame me, but what are the specs on the d16z6 . i bought what was described as a 93 dx with an ex swaped in but the dx harness so the vtec was disable to alow smog- does any of this make sence? what do i really have under the hood? i need to know cuz i want to buy mods but dont want to buy the wrong ones for the engine i have. any input will help. thanks

 

look on the front of your engine about 1/4 of the way down just left of your exhaust manifold. There is a flat place or a "stamp" with the engine code on it

 

hey md420 that avatar is awesome!