Speed Limiter?

[SoCalGen]

Do any of the Gennys have a limiter (governor) on them? On an empty highway the other day I floored it briefly from around 70mph and it pulled up to 120mph very quickly. Then I backed off.

2013 3.8 Base

 

[Mark_888]

Do any of the Gennys have a limiter (governor) on them? On an empty highway the other day I floored it briefly from around 70mph and it pulled up to 120mph very quickly. Then I backed off.

2013 3.8 Base

Yes they have some sort of speed limiter on them, but I think it is higher than 120. I recall that someone previously posted the limiter info somewhere on this forum.

 

[dareckibmw]

As far as I know they are limited to 150 or 155. I've done 140 so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8By6YvA_8

 

[Mark_888]

As far as I know they are limited to 150 or 155. I've done 140 so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8By6YvA_8

Might be different between 3.8 and 5.0, but not sure.

 

[dareckibmw]

Might be different between 3.8 and 5.0, but not sure.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if 3.8 was little bit slower, limited to ~130mph.

 

[Billfz1]

Do any of the Gennys have a limiter (governor) on them? On an empty highway the other day I floored it briefly from around 70mph and it pulled up to 120mph very quickly. Then I backed off.

2013 3.8 Base

The sedan is supposed to be electronically limited to 155. But doing 155 takes a LOT of real estate. In my area I have an area with a 5 mile long straight stretch. I didn't get on it right away but I saw 147. The car was still accelerating though slowly. I was very impressed with how composed the car is at that speed. No drama at all. My sedan has no aero add-ons at all. I thought the rear end might get light at that speed, but no. The Genesis has a lot of power up high. I am amazed at how it accelerates from 80+ it pulls strongly. It seems to pull harder there than off the line! That is when the ESC is on anyway.
Bill

 

[Recdol]

I have 09 genny POWERFUL V6 , I did it 155mph.
up to 120mph, it ran really fast !

GENNY POWER!!!!!

 

[SoCalGen]

Wow. Well I don't think I'll be going 155 anytime soon. But it's amazing how smooth these cars are at high speed. They were totally made for the highway. Friday evening on a trip out to Palm Springs from LA driving through the desert I got behind a new BMW 750IL cruising about 105mph. Let him stay in front of me a ways and paced from a distance. Then a really nice black Maserati got behind me. Stayed like that for a good 25-30 minutes. Made really good time, virtually no other traffic on the road.

 

[G-410520]

How did y’all achieve 155mph ofcourse you gotta remove the factory speed limiter map but how do I get it removed my 2012 genny sedan tops out at 137mph and it’s locked