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HOW DO U TAKE OFF GOVENOR

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Old 10-23-2002, 05:48 PM
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Get this: a buddy of mine whos a car nut went 85 down a hill in Ohio with his cousin in a P.O.*. Geo, when they suddenly heard a SNAP!
No more governor

Oh and DON'T even dare think about trying this on a Bonneville, won't work and I don't need to see another wrecked Bonnie in this world.
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Want fast? Get the chip.....AND the tires. But talk to Jay first
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Originally Posted by willwren
Want fast? Get the chip.....AND the tires. But talk to Jay first

The govenor on my car dosn't work either
Old 10-27-2002, 01:50 PM
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Some chips will remove the governor. However, why would you want to go over 110mph anyway? The transmission isn't designed to handle it, that'* why there'* a governor there.
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Originally Posted by csprague
Some chips will remove the governor. However, why would you want to go over 110mph anyway? The transmission isn't designed to handle it, that'* why there'* a governor there.
Oh I know....just saying it dosn't shut off at 110mph
Old 10-27-2002, 05:17 PM
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Default Didn,t know there was a govener

After owning my car for five year'* I've never had an opportunity to hit the governor on my carI I've drag raced it, Run mountain roads faster than I should've, and even taken it airbourne once{By accident}, but I've never had the urge to just see how fast it will go. What do you want? Are you going to hit a 130 mph at the track? Or you Going to go out on a public roadway give her all She'* Got To give? If you want to know what the top speed is do the math ,with a long enough -perfectly flat straight away'-with no wind resistance{which isn"t the case} is about 139 mph. This is with2.73 gears. Don't do it and say you did. Yes I was young once and lived to tell about it. I had a formula 400 Firebird, Balnced, Blueprintd. Muncie M22 trans. , and many mods. Iput it out there just to see what it would do. At about 140 mph. the trans. locked up. I actually melted the gears. Now I know why I lived through it. To tell people like you {and me} don't do it!!!!!! Run your car, have fun, but please don't kill yourself, or worse someone else!!!
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In some way I agree , past 90 mph and your crazy , at that speed your already passing EVERYONE and that'* fast . But it'* nice to know you can do it. Now take off speed is a different story ! Try modifing your car on a 0-60 basis not a 0-??? Besides I'm not sure where you guys live But if I'm not on the PA and NJ turnpikes , it'* hard to go 90MPH for more than 45 seconds . I just can't imagine going 130 flying by wal-mart!
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Call me CRAZY but I've gotten mine to 122mph on 309 north on way to work one Saturday morning. This was b4 the K&N filter and the 180 tstat. There was no traffic. It was the stretch of road right pass the Flourtown exit. No mods then. I also got it to 115 on the Atlantic City expressway 1 night. I was tryin to keep up with a Camry (no prob) and a 2002 Maxima(big prob). He was still accelerating at abt 120. I backed off because my rear tires were dogged at the time. I didnt need a blowout at 115mph. Those Maximas are no joke and I also got blown out by an Infinity i 30 on two occasions. Most recently was this past Saturday night doin abt 100 on the Schukill xpressway.
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Sorry for bringing aup a post from the past but I saw your post Bill and your car does 125? Mine olny maxes out at 120mph. I have all Goodyear T/Rs 235/55.16'* is that the problem?
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I've had my car past the to the 195 - 200kms mark on the speedo...that'* 125 in miles. The ECM on mine has been reprogrammed. My moms GA'* kicks in at 150 - 160kms that'* 100 miles tops
My dad'* truck dosn't kick in till 170kms or about 110miles


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