Computer Chip ??

[Mike Surwill]

Is there any company or organization out there that makes an after market
computer chip or reprogramming for existing ship that will remove the top
speed lockout?

 

[richard hornsby]

AFAIK, you can take your car to the top of a big hill and go down the
hill as fast as gravity and your lead foot will take you. I'm not sure
I even want to ask why you want to exceed 130mph (the top of the speedo
on my SL2) in a Saturn. Stock Saturns don't weigh very much and will,
almost guaranteed, show the stress of excessive speed through extremely
unstable handling characteristics. If you have the pedal to the floor
going down the highway, thats probably as fast as the car goes. You
might be able to eek out a few more MPH from a MT because of the
different gear ratios.

There is a rev limiter to prevent the engine from tearing itself apart,
but that isn't the same thing as a "top speed lockout", or a "governor"
as they are sometimes called.

-rj
98SL2

 

[Blah Blah]

Is there any company or organization out there that makes an after market
computer chip or reprogramming for existing ship that will remove the top
speed lockout?

Why? The factory governed speed already exceeds all posted legal speed
limits. I dont know where you can drive legally at those speeds other
than the Bonneville Salt Flats and I doubt it will peek its top speed on
a quarter mile track. I dont need morons on the road zipping by me at
100+ miles an hour. From the sound of your post you need to get the
"rice" out of your system and drive like a normal person.

 

[uknewwho]

'Richard Hornsby' and 'Blah Blah' are correct, keep high speeds to the
track. lest we forget high ticket fees, possible jail time, causing/being in
accidents.
check out www.scca.com if you want to race around. Might I also suggest
taking some classes, you probably can't handle your car above 100mph.
now to your question. No, the Saturn ECM is a proprietary system, it is
encoded with a special electronic key, that no one has but the folks in
Springhill, TN. there are reported ways around it, but most people wont tell
you how to do it, purely based on the amount of time they have taken to
figure it out. They don't want to tell people who don't want to take the
time to figure out how it works to do it.
so, take the coffee can off the back of your car, put your stock intake back
on, and keep it to the speed limits, or take it to the track.

 

[Kevin M. Keller]

limits. I dont know where you can drive legally at those speeds other
than the Bonneville Salt Flats

Road America. An S Series car in race trim can bump the 124MPH limiter.

For folks who run their S-series cars in SCCA Improved Touring, getting the
speed limiter moved/removed, and raising the rev limiter to around 7k is
pretty much required. There are several folks over on the forums that
calim to be able to move the limiters around. go to www.saturnspeed.com
and visit the PCM forum - should be able to find the information you
require.

 

[Blah Blah]

Blah Blah <[email protected]> typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:

I didnt know my fingers were that sensitive.

News to me.

 

[Napalm Heart]

says...

Why? The factory governed speed already exceeds all posted legal speed
limits. I dont know where you can drive legally at those speeds other
than the Bonneville Salt Flats and I doubt it will peek its top speed on
a quarter mile track. I dont need morons on the road zipping by me at
100+ miles an hour. From the sound of your post you need to get the
"rice" out of your system and drive like a normal person.

What this country really needs is a good autobahn and drivers with the
skills to handle it. I sure looked like fun when I was in Germany
last year. But, alas, I was on a tour that provided all the
transportation via bus.

Ken

 

[Elson Trinidad]

'Richard Hornsby' and 'Blah Blah' are correct, keep high speeds to the
track. lest we forget high ticket fees, possible jail time, causing/being in
accidents.
check out www.scca.com if you want to race around. Might I also suggest
taking some classes, you probably can't handle your car above 100mph.

Once I drove my SL2 at about 108mph just to see what it was like, on the I-5
in central California. The wind drag noise got real loud and it felt kind of
scary (and yes thrilling too of course). Handling wasn't bad at all but I
was a little reluctant to bump it higher.

And yes I did get ticketed, though it was later on in the journey, for going
86mph (this was before the 55/65 max speed limit was lifted).