OT - Speed Limiter
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Having just spent 40 hours driving to the Alps and back (nice 80mph speed limits in France) at 62mph in a Transit Mini bus, I was wandering if anyone know how to remove / deactivate the bloody limiter? as so far it's cost me a good 10 hours of my life.

Hi,
How old is the transit? If it's got fly by wire throttle, you've got no chance, its done by the engine ECU.
You could unplug the speed sensor on the G/box, but that'll leave you with no speedo, may also affect performance too.
EDIT: Be very aware that the speed limit may be lower for different classes of vehicles as we have here in the UK!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

Edited by Bat on 6th Jan, 2008.

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yes if it is a late one it's time for the lap top my is a 51 90hp and i have tryed to up the boost but it is maped on the ecu

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Buy an astramax?
according to good old Clarkson they can do 180mph but only if in white and driven by someone who gets a 5 quid bonus for every wing mirror knocked off

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On 6th of Jan, 2008 at 01:19pm El Potter said:
Buy an astramax?
according to good old Clarkson they can do 180mph but only if in white and driven by someone who gets a 5 quid bonus for every wing mirror knocked off

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Thats grim. Mines a '93 N/A Diesel. Get 90 at a push, but ok at 75-80.

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Start pulling fuses, you never know you might be lucky. I once did this on a hired Sprinter that was limited to 75mph, found the right one and did 90+ the rest of the way.

my transit runs out power at 70mph up hill down hill 90mph

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We just did door to door in 11 and a half hours for from the Alps. (St Cergue Switzerland to Silsden West Yorkshire) In a Nissan Nevara 105mph flat out all the way.

In the quest to beat the boredom we conducted a fuel test.

Changing from gasoil to super diesel gave us 110mph. 5 whole mph Result.!

Edited by Si P on 6th Jan, 2008.

I drill holes in everything..!

Lots of cars etc with speed limiters will eventually throw a wobbler if they dont see a speed signal coming into the ecu..

You could try fuses, or try and locate the speedo sensor on the gearbox and unplug it.

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speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

the place where i work does the limiter testing and calibrating on lorrys, not sure really if its same sort of thing, you could ring places who are sly see what they say, make up a lame excuse about being limited to 40 or somthing
a place my friend works he has a VW van and they have transplated a big engine into it aparently really fast! would be fun

David.

2.5 tanks worth. But, My mate banged it all on his company fuel card.

I drill holes in everything..!

Cheers guys, looks like I'll be pulling fuses next time I hire one.

some bmw saloons with the traction controll off the speed limiter doesnt work... it works on e90 330i's and it was conducted on a safe autobahn by my dad and i :)

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at least you enjoyed the views Rob

it wasnt van as in camper :( just a white van work horse

David.

I mean one that size, think transit but a tiny bit bigger. Audi's 4.2 V8 diesel would be a nice shoehorn!

4.2 V8 diesel? Didn't know they did one, the only diesels I know of are the 2.5 and 3.0 V6 diesels?

The transplant of choice however would be the V10 TDI VW Touraeg engine. I have been in one of these, bloody unbelieveable quite frankly!

Your right, I mean the 4.0. The 4.2 is petrol. I'm not fussy, as long as it's V8, diesel and torquey. The way I see it is an A8 is what, 2 ton? It's quick (6.5 sec 0-60) and is supposed to get near 40mpg and tops 155mph limited. A compact camper would weigh a bit more but except for areodynamic affects I wouldn't loose too much speed or mpg.