speed limiter?
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speed limiter? So i just went out and picked up my 98 Z-28 today and was just wondering what the speed limiter, if any, is on my car. I will admit, i'm too scared to try and figure it out for myself....
well mine got taken care of by a tune, it is now set at 240 or something like that lol. Its really not smart to take it off unless you got some Z rated tires to handle those speeds.
you can use hp tuners or efi live to move it up. im not sure how much some one would charge you for that, some shops do small changes for alot less than a full tune. i set mine to 250 even though i have never even been over 145 and prolly wont be.
Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
118 Mph
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From: olympia, wash
Originally Posted by MikeD101898
No. It is not 118 for a Z. That's for a V6 w/o Z rated tires. Z's come with Z rated tires stock, therefore their speed limit is set at 155. And yes you can get rid of that with a hp tuner easily. I just did that with mine. It's kinda cool pinning the mph needle to the bar, then waiting a couple seconds for it to come back down after you let off.
Mine was one of them.
And not all Z's came with z rated tires either.
Again, mine was one of them.
check your fact's dude.
Originally Posted by dannyz
No, some Z-28's came with the good ol' speed limiter set at 118 mph.
Mine was one of them.
And not all Z's came with z rated tires either.
Again, mine was one of them.
check your fact's dude.
Mine was one of them.
And not all Z's came with z rated tires either.
Again, mine was one of them.
check your fact's dude.
Originally Posted by z28_n_tx
isnt there a code(on the driver side door) that tells you if your car came with z rated tires....well atleast thats how i found out mine came with them.....
Originally Posted by jbuerke142
there is a sticker with tire sizes/capacities which says if they're z rated, there's also an rpo code for what wheels you have and what tires you have.
Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
highway
In the middle of no-where as well, at least for me. I have had mine between 160-170, not exactly sure. If I could have gotten the shift-lite to come on, it would have indicated 170 according to the gear calculator which has always been nuts on for me
As for the accuracy of my speedo, well, I had a buddies GPS with me once, and I let out eariler than I planned due to over-driving my headlights, and I told him I glanced at the speedo when I let out and it was around 148. He plugged the GPS to his PC and the fastest I hit was like 148.3 or 149.3, can't remember. I thought that was pretty accurate!
the top speed limiter on EFLive is a 256mph...dont ask me where the hell they came up w/ that # but thats what mine has been changed to...and i have probably done 152 before i let out of her