They cannot remove rev limiters, or speed limiters, and can only reprogram your
speedo to a certain extent. Reason being that doing such things alters emissions,
which is a federal violation.
Dester223@aol.com wrote:
> Before my wal-mart incident, I took the dakota to the dealership to get .5
> hours of "computer time" for the latest flash and the service writer asked me
> about the pinging, and I told him my truck just recently did it, and he told
> me there's a "new" flash out for the dakotas, that would fix the ping (hrm...
> this is probably that flash everyone's talking about?)
>
> so. he talks to me a little more and he gets my truck in. blah blah blah,
> he asked what I've done to help stop the ping and I told him about rerouting
> the coil wire, running a lower temp thermostat and he asked if I was for SURE
> it still pinged, and I told him "yah." anyways, the new flash just cuts back
> majorly on your ignition timing. I was out on the highway. and driving
> around in the streets, and the dakota does NOT have the perk it used to have.
> 1st gear has totally lost it's jolt, I can't even chirp the tires, it seems
> to take FOREVER to get to 30 mph in 1st, and I have never entered the highway
> any slower... For those who are thinking about the flash, beware that it'll
> probably slow you down. I'm gonna hook up the snap on scanner at work
> tomorrow to see what timing's at now, and I'm probably gonna up my fuel sync
> about 5 degrees and hope that helps it.
>
> On the good "hush hush by dodge" side, the TSB will cover dakotas for 8 years
> 80k miles. so bring your dakotas in and have them reprogram it if you ping...
> -Dester
>
> PS. I did not get charged for the reprogramming. Also heard the dealers can
> remove rev limitors and also speed limitors, along with program your speedo
> gears,. makes me want one of those computers to fine tune the dakota...
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