100 mph

[Heath Parker]

Hello All,

	The speed limit is directly related to the speed limit of the original
equipment tires--and is present on all GM vehicles now, to my knowledge. 
The only vehicles with it higher/removed are stuff like Z28's, and luxury
cars with better tires.  It is a Big Brother type of thing though.  As for
where it is at, sorry, I really have no idea.  TPIS just started producing
"killer cals" for TBI trucks though, but I doubt they would help, as they
wanna sell their chip instead of inform the public.

Heath Parker   heathp at usouthal.campus.mci.net

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> From: Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>
> To: diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: 100 mph
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 8:06 AM
> 
> >> recently, while off-roading in my '95 Suburban  ;-)
> >> I observed that it cut off quite nicely at 100 mph.
> >> It was rather a surprising feeling, to have the behemoth
> >> just shut down and then cut back on, so I had to do it
> >> again, and -- sure enough -- that's what it does.  At
> >> precisely 100 mph.  I understand there's those that
> 
>         [ snip ]
> 
> >Wow, that's really odd.  It almost sounds dangerous.  I myself drove
> 
> It could have been real dangerous -- but I was just going
> down a hill and wanted to see if it would do it -- handles
> very nicely, but the engine shutting down for 4-5 seconds
> is alarming !!!
> 
> >cross country this past december and hit spped probably between 100 -
> >115 miles per hour on some of the long stretches (in my 1987 Buick Park
> >Avenue) and never had the engine cut out.  Something like that at that
> >speed would probably make me turn white with fear.  Did you call GM
> >about this
> 
> No, and the SO takes it in tomorrow for its last warranty
> look-over (it's right at 36k).  I'm told by my speed freak
> buddies at the local speed shops that that is normal -- in
> fact mandated by Big Brother.  Sounds like a liability
> lawsuit looking for a place to happen to me.  I was told
> that it can be easily removed by taking it to someone that
> can program the PROM .... but, heck, I can do that .... if
> someone will just help out with where it is ???
> 
> Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>