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speed limiter

Hey does anyone know if a dealership will take off my speed limiter? my truck shuts down at like 95 and i kno it can pull more than that!

Also, what do you think the cost would be?
 
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get a tuner, it will probbably be cheaper, and u will get better performance.
 
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the tuners take off the speed limiters?
 
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bamachips- x-cal 2, do a search on it, there is lots of info about them on here.
 
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You won't find a dealer that will do that. Not a chance.
 
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haha i was going to say, a dealer?!?! hahahahahaha
 
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so a tuner is the only way to take this off?
 
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A tuner or a chip. Thats it. Why do you want to remove it? Unless you are planning to go to a track with it, I don't see the use considering how much money it costs.
 
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cuz it looks so bad when ur haulin *** down a highway goin to past someone and ur car just stops accelerating... there are so places where you need to do over 90mph... like on the interstates in florida
 
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yea.. i was gonna say.. like everyone else.. a dealer wont ever touch that..ever

i know on chevy's its a purple wire somewhere behind the dash that u can cut.. (i work w/ someone who did)
 
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cuz it looks so bad when ur haulin *** down a highway goin to past someone and ur car just stops accelerating... there are so places where you need to do over 90mph... like on the interstates in florida

i was almost too scared to hit the limit w/ my stock truck, which i never managed to do


now lifted, im scared ****less to even attempt to hit the limit..

in my step dads rx8 though...
 
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i feel really safe in my truck... at 95ish it feels like 65, no lie. i just want to unleash what the truck has, i kno it can go over 100 easily
 
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badass for a truck then.. but i have only hit that in 2 cars, neither were the truck.. too scared

**** shakes at 70 lol
 
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my truck doesnt shake at all, its awesome.

ive hit 115 in my old volvo, 120 in my bmw, and around 130 in my moms audi. soon im hopin to break the 150 mark
 
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I had a feeling this had something to do with stupidity.
 
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Mine shakes at 25...i think somethings wrong....
 
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Originally Posted by FireRanger
I had a feeling this had something to do with stupidity.
haha not stupidity... i do it when the roads are right, and the conditions are perfect... i would never risk anyones life including my own.
 
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Well by your own admission, you are doing it in traffic. So that pretty much shoots down that lame excuse. Try again.
 
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traffic usually means busy roads.. im not a dumb***...i like to do it at like 2am when ppl are just cruisin on the highways.

if i really wanna race and be an a-hole like u think i am, ill go up to epping and hit the strip
 
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I've gotten up to 90 a few times in my 4cyl ranger, but I dont stay there for more than like 5 sec.
 
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haha not stupidity... i do it when the roads are right, and the conditions are perfect... i would never risk anyones life including my own.
going that fast no matter where u are is dangerous, no questions asked
 
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I hit 163 in a Z06 on an airport runway. My 4.0l hit 105 before it cut out. NO EXCUSE is good enough for doing that speed on a road. I have scraped up more guts than brains from kids like you. You want to go fast? Take it to the track. It may not be you that cant drive, but it may be that drunk coming home from the bar at 2am that weaves in front of you!
 
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yea im planning on goin to New England dragway in Epping, NH soon
 
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yea, jsut be safe, theres also the variables that are outa ur control like a blow out..
 
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ive had my 3.0 up to 105, nothing done to it. it stayed at 95 for a few seconds then jumped up to 105, dont know how or why though. That is as fast as I cared to go though. Im like the rest however man, theres no reason to go that fast, lots of bad things can happen. But in your defense, he asked how to do it, not is it smart or safe. its his decision and his life.
 


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