hhornet87

hello i was wondering if it is possible to regulate the max speed of a 1998 ws6. i want to regulate the max speed to 80 to 90 mph

hhornet87

hello i was wondering if there is a way to regulate the max speed of a 1998 ws6. I want to regulate the max speed of the car to 80 to 90 mph for my son

stroked383z

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A programmer or actually getting the car professionally programmed would be the only way.

hhornet87

i couldnt find a programer that would restrict that wasnt made for trucks ... any ideas .... and who can program it

vaticano

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you would have to have tuning software ie. efilive, hp tuners, ls1edit then set the speed limiter

hhornet87

thanks man

wait4me

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Hi, We sell handheld programmers that will set the limiter to anything you want.

That way you can change it and make it unlimited again if you like without sending anything back.

PM or call me and i can give you some more information on it. Jes

DonnyD

Yea, I just bought my WS-6 about a year ago. Regulating the speed would probably be the best thing for your son. That car is alot of car. Yea, you will need to get into tuning software, it shouldn't be too hard to limit his top end speed. I'm going to read up on it and repost in a few. I'll have more definitive answers by then

hhornet87

thanks its his senior year and i dont want him to end up around a tree
... is it possible to find one that just has the speed limit ... b/c it would be cheaper ?

vaticano

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my 02 ws6 came with the speed limiter set at 160 mph from the factory. i just raised it to the 254 limit. it is easy. the software generally will run about 450 for ls1 edit up to 750 for efilive. you can check the for sale section. efilive will tune 98's for free so you wont need to buy a new license. so you can purchase a used one with both licenses used (they come with 2 new). i've seen them go for a few hundred used. i actually have an old ls1 edit cable i could give you but it would still cost, i believe i'ts 250 to get it transfered and updated and licensed. pm me you are interested

1BADAIR

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you should be able to find someone to chage it for about $100

hhornet87

thanks guys... now i know its possible whats the cheapest reversible way to limit this cars speed ? thanks

Mr.MartyStone

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go to a tuner and pay him a few bucks or a 6-pack

DonnyD

Ya, find a tuning shop. Just let them know of the situation and why you want it to be limited. I'm sure that they will be able to help you, or lead you to somebody that can. Keep us posted on how the progress is.

horist

if you buy HP Tuners you can do what you want.... AND you can use black box logging

anytime I drop my car off anywhere.... I flash it so it can't rev above 3k RPM , and can't exceed 15mph

LS1_TA_2002

This is wrong on sooo many levels. Necessary, but wrong.

hhornet87

does anyone know of a tuner that car do this in cleveland oh

Old SStroker

I personally don't think that's the whole answer, or even the first step toward keeping you son out of a tree. It might limit the speed of the collision, but dead is dead. If that bothers you or insults you, prepare for more below.

My son Bret, who posted here for a time as SStrokerAce (but that's another story), is a very aggressive driver and also an aggresive person. When he turned 16 I was very worried about his survival in a vehicle. Many (most?) vehicle accidents can be avoided if the driver knows what to do...or not do. You don't learn that from Operator Ed (I can't call it Driver Ed with a straight face), you learn from instruction and practice. Self-taught driving is like self-taught flying of fighter jets...it rarely works, and we lose lots of lives and equipment that way.

My suggestion is that you spend the first $1600 or so on a high-performance Driving School offered by folks like Skip Barber.

http://www.skipbarber.com/driving_sc...hp_school.aspx

This will teach your son how to handle a car correctly in all of those conditions he will (not may) encounter. He will practice the correct techniques rather than invent them at the time of the first OOPS! which might be the last. It will increase his chances of survival by 10 or 100 times. Better yet, take the course with him. We did that. We waited a few years, but if I were in the same situation again, I'd take him there as soon as he got his license. It's better to learn the right thing to do than to unlearn bad habits.

Prior to my son's birth I instructed in USAF single-seat fighters. Instruction is done from a second aircraft over a radio: you can't grab the controls to save the student's aircraft. The instructor learns how to communicate techniques, actions, etc. required to perform a maneuver or handle an emergency. This came in handy for Bret's first year of driving with me in the right seat. We did about 10,000 miles of "dual" before he soloed. During that time we practiced normal drivng and abnormal driving. Full on dry-road antilock braking form 75 mph with lane changes was involved. So was excessive speeding. It's going to happen, probably on the first solo. My thought was better with an instructor along checking traffic, hazards, etc. than "alone, unarmed and unafraid". So he got to drive over 100 or maybe it was 120, relatively safely to satisfy himself (and probably his buddies).

I seriously doubt Bret would have survived without help from "Uncle Skip" as he calls his Barber experiences (he took the open wheel racing course later on), and perhaps without his 10000 mile so "dual".

You won't like this, but a WS6 is the absolute wrong car for a new, unschooled driver. He can get into more serious car control trouble below 80 than you can imagine, and it will happen quicker than in a less-quick vehicle. Bret started in a Saturn and didn't get into a Camaro SS until much later (after college when he could afford it). He now autocrosses that car, and riding with him on course is a real g-trip., or E-Tcket ride if you are an old Disney fan.

Unless you understand what C-P-R means in car control, "turn-in" "apex" and "track out" and can teach it effectively, my strongest recommendation is to get your son to "Uncle Skip" or another similar drivng school. It WILL save his life, and maybe a few others.

It was the best money we ever spent on our son!

Jon

Gimp98TNT

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I can do it if its a 1998 or a 2001, I have HPtuners. I also have some other freinds in the Northern Ohio area that can do the other years.

I'll PM you my cell # if your interested, Im located in Bedford about 15min from downtown. Oh yea im cheap too.

bballr4567

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Holy great post Jon.


Regardless of how fast the car can go its still a 300HP beast until that top speed. Regulating when itll stop isnt going to slow the car down at all.