Re: RE: Speed limiter dangerous? 116mph today

From: Sonia St.laurent (stlaurents@home.com)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 05:19:32 EST


97MPH is the setting.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barret, Matt" <MATT_BARRET@earthtech.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 3:37 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Speed limiter dangerous? 116mph today

> I just tried again today to find the limiter, as I posted previously I hit
> approx. 115 mph with no cut out, however today, I attempted to better that
> mph, And low and behold, at about 116/117 she cut out like a tennis ball
was
> shoved in the TB!! So there you have it, my Y2K-HEMI (4.7L) is speed
limited
> at approx. 116 mph, oh well, better than 98, 99 range, hee hee!! I agree,
> she was very smooth at high speed, but I wouldn't make a habit out of it!
> __________________________________
> Matt -- Mechanicsville, VA
> `00 Sport Plus 4.7L 5spd. 9 1/4 3.92 LSD RC 2x4
> Homemade K&N open element, Traction Bars,
> Spring clamps, ... BEST 1/4 14.871 @ 91.01 MPH
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Levy [mailto:andylevy@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 6:01 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Speed limiter dangerous?
>
>
> Is the speed limiter on our Dakotas in any way harmful to the engine? I
> would hope not but hey, anything's possible, thought I'd ask. I managed
> to get up to 105MPH today, then backed off because I didn't want to
> incur the wrath of the speed limiter and I was starting to run out of
> road. But, now I know where I can go to try more speed runs.
>
> I was pretty impressed with how stable the truck was at that speed
> though - not a shake or shimmy to be found, except the side mirrors.
> Both the cars my parents own got unstable above 75 or so, scaring the
> crap outta me.
>
> --
> -andy
>
> http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com
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