Rev limiter

[AuroraGirl]

3.8L Mustang garbage engine based.

3.8 is a different engine than 4.2 i believe, 3.8 is their vulcan and thats more desireable for many than 4.2 . I think the 3.8 uses a windsor bellhousing

 

[RDF1]

I’m just curious why anyone would want to drive one of these trucks 98 mph+? Unless you have something like

Wh4t3v3rs .​

Had a LEO buddy pass me on interstate and sent me a text asking why I was driving so slow. I was in my '91 so I just turned the boost controller on and hammered down. Got it into 4th and locked the converter. Passed my buddy going 158 by his radar.... Poor thing was screaming. It was pretty smooth and stable.

 

[L31MaxExpress]

3.8 is a different engine than 4.2 i believe, 3.8 is their vulcan and thats more desireable for many than 4.2 . I think the 3.8 uses a windsor bellhousing

They are all Essex V6s. The 4.2L is a stroked 3.8L. The 3.8 FWD used the Vulcan bellhousing. The RWD 3.8/3.9/4.2L used the Windsor bellhousing.

 

[L31MaxExpress]

Had a LEO buddy pass me on interstate and sent me a text asking why I was driving so slow. I was in my '91 so I just turned the boost controller on and hammered down. Got it into 4th and locked the converter. Passed my buddy going 158 by his radar.... Poor thing was screaming. It was pretty smooth and stable.

I had the Express van up to ~130 when it still had the 350. It was also pretty smooth and stable.

 

[ralmo94]

They are all Essex V6s. The 4.2L is a stroked 3.8L. The 3.8 FWD used the Vulcan bellhousing. The RWD 3.8/3.9/4.2L used the Windsor bellhousing.

Exactly

 

[Caman96]

Had a LEO buddy pass me on interstate and sent me a text asking why I was driving so slow. I was in my '91 so I just turned the boost controller on and hammered down. Got it into 4th and locked the converter. Passed my buddy going 158 by his radar.... Poor thing was screaming. It was pretty smooth and stable.

Well obviously you had no choice. Lol

 

[AuroraGirl]

Well obviously you had no choice. Lol

I believe thems were fight'n words basically

 

[RDF1]

Well obviously you had no choice. Lol

Ha pretty much.
Next time I saw him was at a road stop the county was doing. They told me if I didn't do a burnout for them I was getting a ticket for whatever they could make up... so 3rd gear sounded like a good time to let out. Those were the fun times. County I live In now doesn't have too many cool folks on the force.

 

[AuroraGirl]

Correct, my engine had a knock sensor equipped and I did a DEEP Dive to find out if the thing truly was "useless" as in it did nothing. I have to pay for an official license of ford EEC-V calibration/software definition file, to then plunge into the text of it to find and see if there is any logic related to the knock sensor.

my EEC-V strategy AGANF (and or AGANFRE?),my EEC-V catchcode KKD0, my EEC-V hardware code (PCM) ML1-421

to then read and find out if the knock sensor truly does anythign, I have to pay up to ford since the strategy (96 obd2 4.9l E4OD) is not popular for tuning, no one has it published.

I found my own post by doing a google search on KKD0, if anyone cared to know, I did find out the knock sensor, as of 1996 so presumably all the years of the EFI 4.9, DOES do something. Detecting knock, it pulls 4 degrees of timing.
Specifically, 4° between 1100 amd 3800 rpm at full operating temp

 

[Sean Buick 76]

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I didn't remove the speed limiter on either of my trucks.
But, with a Hyper-Tech programmer, I raised the limit to 135mph. A speed neither would ever see.
But 100mph? Sure.
110? Oh yea.
115? Probably do hit that. Or more. But at that point, I'm kinda busy. These trucks are about as aerodynamic as a brick.
Yea...that is kinda pushing it.
But if you want to know where the edge is, ya gotta go find it.
I have scars because of that attitude. Good ones. Big ones. Found the edge & fell off. "Oops. There it is!"

Kelowna to Vancouver. The Coquihalla highway.
337 miles. A 4 hour drive done in 3 hours & 9 minutes. In my truck.
4 lanes wide. Use 'em all.
Still, no matter what speed you cruise at, there's always a few during those 3 hours that'll be going faster.
I've done that drive & only saw maybe a dozen other vehicles & 2x that for semis.
There's more exotics per capita between Kelowna & Vancouver than any other place in North America. Porsches, Vettes, Vipers, Ferraris, Lambos, Mclarens & others are common.
Compared to those guys, I'm in the way.
The go-fast stuff is best done in late spring or early fall.
No tourists & good weather.
Start @ 4:30 am when heading east to west. No sun in the eyes.
On a Tuesday or Wednesday. Even less traffic. Fewer cops.
Watch for the semis.

Why? I dunno. Youthful exuberance?
You have to grow old. Don't have to grow up.
Or maybe...just because?
Actually, I find it calming. Zen-like. Total concentration on the situation. In the zone. Where nothing but the moment at hand is what matters. Thoughts cleared of the daily B.S.
It's also about getting it right.
Late-tapping the binders just before leaning into an S-corner, hitting the perfect apex on both & then on the skinny just a little too soon so as to carry enough speed through that uphill sweeper in the other direction.
In a vehicle that wasn't originally designed for this, but one that I modded so that it will.
100 miles per hour, for an hour. That's the goal.
Yup. Kind of a foolish one. But still, a goal.
...and I've been accuse of being aimless. Pffft.

Yes that’s a pretty amazing highway!