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Old Dec 21, 2002 | 08:37 AM
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Default Easy way to lower rev limiter?

Is there a quick & easy way to lower the rev limiter to, say, 3000? I'd like to do this without programming; hopefully with just a switch or a key I can use to turn it on when I want. It'd basically be just a safety device against HP starved valets & shop workers. Would Harlan's 2-step work well for this? Is it fairly easy to hide?
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Old Dec 22, 2002 | 10:00 AM
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Shades of the LT5 "Valet Key".
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Old Dec 22, 2002 | 11:01 AM
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Pull 2 plug wires... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Dec 22, 2002 | 02:13 PM
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Its controled by the computer, reprograming or burning the chip is the only way you can change it. Welcome to Y2K engenering <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
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Old Dec 22, 2002 | 05:29 PM
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Moving to Computer Tuning section.
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Old Dec 22, 2002 | 07:27 PM
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I was wishing I could do the same thing. I just got my car back from the paint shop and they drove it 2 miles. I was wondering if I could do the same thing. Hopefully they didn;t dog it to bad.. I'm sure our cars can take a beating from the post I've read on here where people have ran theirs at the strip over 1000 times. I haven't beat mine that bad. Let us know if you figure something out.
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Old Dec 23, 2002 | 11:57 AM
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A two step (Harlan is the only person that makes one for the LS1) would do it. You could set the rev limit wherever you want.
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