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> From: Jack Snodgrass <dakota@cybermail.net>
> To: Dakota Mailling List <dakota@ait.fredonia.edu>
> Subject: Speed governor
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 12:14 PM
>
> I've discoved a speed governor on my 97 Dak. It kicks in on the highway
at
> about 90 mph. It's some sort of invisible force that holds the truck
back.
> All I know is I hear this little voice start to shout... 'Do you know how
> much a ticket is for going 95 in a 60 zone?' How do I get rid of this
> governor? ;)
>
>
It's called the SBEC ('da computer brain'). The pre- OBD-II trucks
had a 105-110 limit (*can remember, only hit it once...or twice, or three
times...:P)
Your OBD-II equipt Dakota must have a lower speed govenor.
Once I droped in my MP SBEC (Mopar Performance Brain), the speed
governor goes away, and the rev limiter jumps from 5500 rpm to 6200 rpm
(though
anything above 4800 is a waste of breath, unless you've got a wild
cam/etc/etc..)
Try your cruise control above 85... won't work. Only catches, then drops
to 85 mph...
I guess 85 isn't a 'cruising' speed ! !
I've had my Dakota to 4500 rpm in 5th (approx. 127-131 mph)... Too fast,
too scarey, won't do it again... BUT it was a rush, to say the least.
Sam '95 SLT Dakota
http://www.users.cts.com/king/s/samp/
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