speed limiter

CarNutCertifies · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:51 pm

Ok so im runnin down the highway the other day and this guy in an older prelude pulls up next to me and raps his little fart can muffler and tries to take off...well we are doin like 80 and he doesnt pull away very fast so i down shift and floor it slide it up in 5th. We are acclerating going down the highway and i am right behind him....well the next thing i know my little jeep just hiccups i look down no lights so i floor it again just to maintain with this guy...watching the speedo cause i had a clue that it was the speed limiter...115mph.....speedo says 120. grrrr i wanna do what is sez.....plus the prelude was able to pull away.....i was just about to fly around him and put him in check cause i was gaining on him at a pretty good rate.....until the comp decided that it wanted to play big brother.....So my question.....How do I disconnect this speed limiter?

auggy · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:13 pm

The moral of the story is ... race in cars, don't race in suvs.

CarNutCertifies · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:39 pm

Well i was giving him a good run and had him lookin but the comp decided to do big bro on me. Had a sunfire GT that did the same thing speed limiter kick in while runnin a mustang i was fortunate enough that ford was usin a 110mph limit and the sunfire had a 115 limit...I also had a Geo Tracker that outran just about everything stop light to stop light....That was a fun lil sleeper. i dont normally run around in my KJ doin 115mph but it would be nice to know that i could top it out if i ever needed to...

auggy · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:53 pm

Well I don't know. My dad just traded in his Honda S2000 (in favor of an RX330 for the winter, then a new sportscar in the spring), and that thing was fast as hell. I pulled up beside a new mustang at 80mph and he finally gave up at 135 (and I stopped accelerating at 140), but that was probably the dumbest thing I have ever done in my life.

Did I mention that I'm 16 and if I got caught doing something like that I would probably lose my license until im 21? Yeah thats why I shouldnt race

CarNutCertifies · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:06 pm

Well i would lose my mine too....115 in a 60.......plus the fine...wow i dont even want to think about it...

dirtykj · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:17 pm

Do I see some "major head trauma" pics coming up?

CarNutCertifies · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:19 pm

naw....it was a flat straight 6 lane highway with very little traffic. i might do some crazy stuff but i'm not stupid....

bighause · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:37 pm

Put some 31" MTR's and a lift on it and you wont have to worry about doing over 100 on the highway at all.

Guest · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:50 pm

I know that anything over 85 in my KJ is hairy...
i tapped the other side of 100 in my Isuzu Trooper once, and that was hairy too.

get a power programmer and remove the speed limiter. when you do 15 barrel rolls in your KJ and get dragged out with every bone broken in your body, that just means cheap KJ parts for us.

kjfishman · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:46 am

Did I mention that I'm 16 and if I got caught doing something like that I would probably lose my license until im 21? Yeah thats why I shouldnt race

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I know I will sound like your parents but 140 mph in anything will get you more than a suspended license. Dead people don't drive. (or anyone else they take out with them)

Guest · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:24 am

I'm not sayin i've never seen the big side of the speedo...
Hell, I got busted for 132 in my T-bird goin through Indiana last year. cool cop let me off with a ticket for 97 because he hates paperwork for arresting people

rock on

FreedomKJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:39 am

And people wonder why insurance rates are so high. You should be required to take a common sense test before they give you a license.

We may have a few future Darwin Award winners in our midst.

Steakgoddess · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:51 am

[Soapbox]Dudes. Seriously. Think a little while you are driving. I don;t care if you kill yourself, but I sure as heck care if you kill me or someone I know [/Soapbox]

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his little fart can muffler and tries to take off

You said fart. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Guest · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:47 am

freedom...there IS a difference between 132 mph in a Thunderbird that has the rubber, and the suspension/brakes to do such things, and a KJ (which is more than likely stock with no handling/stability/braking modifications) doing 115. not the smartest thing, though, i agree

skrracing · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:05 pm

auggy · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:11 pm

the funnier thing is that my dad works for an insurance company :shock:

I would be &(##ed if he ever found out or if I was ever dumb enough to do it again. It had to be done once though :lol:

2003KJ · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:32 pm

skrracing wrote:

Clint, I blame you for the Dr. Pepper that is all over my screen now. Thanks dude!!!!

Liberator84 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:57 pm

You know I am 21 and in Germany and there is no speed limit. I don't go over 65 mph. Once you have a beautiful wife sitting next to you and child on the way you will think twice about it.

~JUD :evil:

DaveKJ02 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:24 pm

CarNutCertifies wrote:

Ok so im runnin down the highway the other day and it was the speed limiter...115mph.....speedo says 120. grrrr ...until the comp decided that it wanted to play big brother.....So my question.....How do I disconnect this speed limiter?

That "big brother limit" also has to do with the speed rating of the tires it comes with. I have no problem with you going that fast and wrapping yourself around <insert most any object here>- my worry is when you have to stop that heavy KJ because your coming up on me and my family doing 110 and we get inserted as the object above. Slow down and enjoy the ride.

Burchie · **Posted:** Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:55 am

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