Top Speed?

[The Green Lantern]

What's the top speed you guys/gals have reached on the freeway in your H3?

Last night I did it 110 mph, it was awesome!!!!!! 35's rocks!!! :jump:


btw, everytime I'm on the freeway, I usually go 80-90 mph. :giggling:




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[dеiтайожни]

Liar, it's governed at 94.5mph.

[The Green Lantern]

Ok, I'm gonna try it with my GPS next time, plus my tires are not calibrated which mean I'm going a little faster what my speedo is showing. :excited:

[dеiтайожни]

Ok, I'm gonna try it with my GPS next time, plus my tires are not calibrated which mean I'm going a little faster what my speedo is showing. :excited:

Ok, but you just said you did 110mph (obviously according to the speedo) when you couldn't possibly have. Why would I believe you next time? :twak:

[Desert Dan]

95 MPH so far. Fully loaded (the truck not me), going down hill.

I backed off due to load, stray cows and potentail authorities radar. It may have gone to 100 MPH?

The H3 sure felt smoother than my Wrangler at 90MPH:)

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I got an H3 up to about 90MPH once on a back road. It got there a lot faster than I expected actually.

[ChevyHighPerformance]

Speed limiter is set at 98 MPH and resumes at 95 MPH.

[Frazzell]

76 mph with the cruise on. why are you guys in such a hurry?

[dеiтайожни]

76 mph with the cruise on. why are you guys in such a hurry?

Just trying to keep up with traffic.

[f5fstop]

Speed limiter is set at 98 MPH and resumes at 95 MPH.

If I remember correctly, that is correct. But going downhill you can exceed that speed:jump: Not that I would ever do something like that...(only in KY).

[The Green Lantern]

76 mph with the cruise on. why are you guys in such a hurry?

Because life is short! :D

[Hal]

Because life is short! :D
It could get short in a hurry at 100 mph with off road tires on pavement.
I prefer to live long and crawl slowly over rough terrain.
But we all get our thrills differently, so to each his own.:p

[DDWH]

Because we drive fast in Cali.............85-95 is a good cruising speed!:dancingbanana:

[mountainbiker]

Sadly, I cannot tell you how many times I have hit the limiter. It sort of is freaky when it kicks in though. It is like you totally lose power until it reaches the lower speed.

We have a lot of two lane stretches where one lane is filled with big trucks and the other lane is littered with the performance cars. It can be a pain pulling out into the fast lane to pass a truck and in seconds there is a Porsche on your butt.

Before I bought the H3, I was trying to decide on the H3 or go crazy and get a 6.1L Dodge Charger. I went with the H3 because I liked it better, and I thought slower would be better too (you do crazy things at those speeds).

For those passing times, I would like the extra power. However, normally I run it in the 70-90 mph range (the norm for autobahn traffic around here).

[Groundpounder]

I have had my H3 up to 80 so far, keeping up with traffic. Going down 35-E, one has to get over 70 to keep from getting run over.
What I do like is seeing some nut coming up fast on my left. Once I turn on my left turn signal he backs off. :jump: Got to love it!!

[timgco]

"When this baby hits 88mph, you're going to see some serious $hit."

[timgco]

BTW- You may want to look at the rating of top speed on your tires. I'm not sure if they are speed rated over 90mph? CAn someone verify this?

[BEST 4x4xFAR]

BTW- You may want to look at the rating of top speed on your tires. I'm not sure if they are speed rated over 90mph? CAn someone verify this?

Looks like they are "Q" rated:

http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tireselector/index_bs.asp

"Q" speed rating denotes 99 mph as the maximum sustained speed.

[jp's-h3]

I've never really push mine!
top speed I've reached? about 85! :D

[f5fstop]

I believe, and the chart at Bridgestone verifies this, the 285 tires do not have a speed rating. Speed ratings symbols are not required on light truck tires. Therefore, they probably fall under the R rating which is 206 mph (used for HD truck tires). This would seem logical, since GM caps the top end of all their vehicles about five miles under the tire rating (unless you have a ZO6:clapping: )
H rated tires are usually capped at around 125.

In addition a tire is good shape will not blow up if pushed past the speed rating, and a tire that is not in good shape (especially under-inflated) may blow lower than the speed rating.

[Disnydad]

43 ............. and why are people passing me on the right:confused:

[The Green Lantern]

43 ............. and why are people passing me on the right:confused:

Is that kph or mph? :giggling:

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Last week I went 123 MPH


Down the 60 degree water slide in Orlando

[BlueHUMMERH2]

"When this baby hits 88mph, you're going to see some serious $hit."

Nice quote!

[FutureBeachBum]

:giggling: What about off a cliff?
Would the limiter keep you from falling faster than 98mph?

[wpage]

One time trippen on the highway between a lamborgini and a LT1 Vette. I was just pulling away and the dam limiter kicked in. Those pink slips would have looked nice on my trophy rack...:D

[wannabeH3]

mine was boucing off the limiter at an indicated 98

[Hummerboy77]

I did a little over 90 mph about a month ago in Md. I too wonder what was the top speed on the Hummer H3. Drove pretty good too at 90 mph.

[lotus4s]

Well I did honestly do 110mph in mine a couple of weeks ago, I have a reprogrammed pcm with no speed limiter...... :fdance:

I had an Avalanche riding my bumper at 90 and so I punched it, he stayed with me until about 97 when his limiter kicked in.......:giggling:

That was with the 33" duelers and not my 35" STT's and the truck was surprisingly stable at that speed. It was still climbing when I let off the gas...

[dеiтайожни]

Well I did honestly do 110mph in mine a couple of weeks ago, I have a reprogrammed pcm with no speed limiter...... :fdance:

Did it look something like....

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6463/speedobw8.jpg

:beerchug: :jump: :excited:

[lotus4s]

Why yes it did........:jump:

[lamric]

... Speed ratings symbols are not required on light truck tires. Therefore, they probably fall under the R rating which is 206 mph (used for HD truck tires). This would seem logical, since GM caps the top end of all their vehicles about five miles under the tire rating (unless you have a ZO6:clapping: )
H rated tires are usually capped at around 125.

I think you did a typo on the R speed rating...shouldn't it be 106?

[H3PAC]

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[justforfun]

Over here in Bahrain, we are limited by the "government" to 170kph... that's 110mph for everyone else, and I hit that limiter quite often ... The H3 can perform, the biggest issue is everyone thinks that 'coz its a 3.5 then it must be crap... well, believe me, it outperforms everything else.. The Range Rover with 4.4 V8, Lexus etc.. the car is GREAT.

Must admit, if they bring out a V8, it'll be adios!!!

Cheers!!!

JFF ;)

[Lex_Ordo]

Well I hit what appeared to be 99mph, and the limiter kicked in and dropped the motor speed and subsquently the truck back down to about 96mph.

Then it roared again until 99...motor speed drop... truck speed drop...96.
I tried this three times, and then laid off the gas.

Is there a way to change the Computer setting to disable the limiter?

[K9sH3]

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Nice... :perfect10s:


I have been to about 90+ but thats as fast as it would go.. Now that I know ther is a limiter. How do I get ride of it?

[Jeff G]

I've had mine up around 97 - 98 on a few occasions. Never had a limiter kick in. How do you disable the limiter?:dancingbanana:

[lotus4s]

I've had mine up around 97 - 98 on a few occasions. Never had a limiter kick in. How do you disable the limiter?:dancingbanana:


You have to have the pcm reprogrammed......

[lotus4s]

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[H3.007]

I have had her at 90 mph. That was quite fast enough for me in an SUV :clapping:

[Steve - SanJose]

I have had her at 90 mph. That was quite fast enough for me in an SUV :clapping:

Same here, 90 is the max I've seen in my H3. I'll admit to hitting 85mph daily on my commute. But I have other cars for the real high speed stuff.

S.