<![CDATA[Cavalier Top Speed?]]>i had buried the needle on my way home from the twin cities on the weekend, and the needle was about a centimeter past the 100mph mark (which is the fastest my car supposidly goes). does anyone know how fast a cavalier can really go, because i'm curious to find out how fast i was going.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/1667/cavalier-top-speedRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 07:03:16 GMTMon, 14 Feb 2005 14:06:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:25:44 GMT]]>regardless, i would prefer to have tires with a max "recommended" speed that is much higher than i'll be going just so i know i don't have to worry about them

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30312https://fargostreet.com/post/30312Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:25:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:06:08 GMT]]>yeah if i rolled my car being stupid i'd prolly look for an dumb excuse too, i have personally had cheap tires well past their limit w/ no problems, ask gaysian he had a set of half blown out drag radials on his car at the track over 90+mph with cracks the you could stick ur finger in, but im only basing this off what ive personly seen not what i read

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30308https://fargostreet.com/post/30308Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:06:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:21:15 GMT]]>i'm going to agree with both of you on this matter. a) factory speedometers aren't very accurate at high speeds b) tires do have a limit
i can explain the speedometer being off at higher speeds though, the same reason that fallguy and dave have to do a lot of measuring for tires, expansion.
i do realize that tires are capable of going beyond their rating, companies tend to rate things like this a bit low so they don't get a bad name... but i definitely wouldn't trust my life to something that could be remedied quite easily

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Turbo5Oh wrote:
most factory speedometers are not accurate at that speed.

the "speed" rating of any tire is very underated and is there to save the companies ass in case of a accident, i would have no worries to take a $35 fleetfarm roadrunner tire past the 150mph mark, but what would i know ive only mounted/sold more tires than most people would use in 5 lifetimes.

another thing aren't 90% of the cars on here that are being modified to go well over that speed considered economy cars? lol
On another forum I am on, one of the members had set of low speed rated tires on his mustang, tried to top it out, blew one of his rear tires going 145mph and flipped his car on it's lid. It wasn't a blow out either, the tire compeletely seperated from itself. They were fairly new. They inspected the other tires, and they were pretty close to comming apart as well.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30227https://fargostreet.com/post/30227Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:48:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:47:23 GMT]]>most factory speedometers are not accurate at that speed.

the "speed" rating of any tire is very underated and is there to save the companies ass in case of a accident, i would have no worries to take a $35 fleetfarm roadrunner tire past the 150mph mark, but what would i know ive only mounted/sold more tires than most people would use in 5 lifetimes.

another thing aren't 90% of the cars on here that are being modified to go well over that speed considered economy cars? lol

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30211https://fargostreet.com/post/30211Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:47:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:37:39 GMT]]>The 92 cavalier is limited at 115.

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out there wrote:
what rating tires do you have on there? i wouldn't take any economy car past 100
Yeah this car was not made to go any faster then that.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30167https://fargostreet.com/post/30167Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:41:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:25:33 GMT]]>what rating tires do you have on there? i wouldn't take any economy car past 100

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30145https://fargostreet.com/post/30145Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:25:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:14:11 GMT]]>keep in mind its a 92...not the same model

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30101https://fargostreet.com/post/30101Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:14:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:12:30 GMT]]>my friend with an '02 got it to 120

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30100https://fargostreet.com/post/30100Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:12:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:11:16 GMT]]>my 97 would top out at 110mph. damn governers......97Cav

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/30099https://fargostreet.com/post/30099Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:11:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cavalier Top Speed? on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:07:31 GMT]]>it kind of depends on the year, engine, gearing etc...id say 115 or so

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