Are My Friends Lieing

SilverBullet256 · 03-02-2005, 12:06 AM

ok i have about three friends in town who all have alero's and all of them claim that their cars have no speed limiters and that they can all ecceed the i think 108 speed mark, one is a 99gls with the 3400, the other is a 03gx with the 2.2 and the other is a 99 something with the 2.4 , none of them have any engine mods or exterior mods and none of them plan to anyway, but they all still claim that they dont have a speed limiter, are they just on crack cause im pretty sure they were all made with one and im pretty sure they most likely didnt buy all three used with a new pcm in it that has no limiter, so what you guys think? <_<

-Alero- · 03-02-2005, 12:58 AM

im not completely sure on this but i believe all 99's didnt have a governor. as for the 2.4 i dont know anything about it

03-02-2005, 02:20 AM

I'd call bs. all non modded US cars have the limiter. Ive got a 2002 3400 gls and hit the govener a few times.

jackal2000 · 03-02-2005, 02:23 AM

liars

Rubered00 · 03-02-2005, 04:12 AM

i got a 2000 2.4 and it definatley has the speed limiter on it

03-02-2005, 04:17 AM

I love hitting the governor, makes me wonder what my black beauty can do, then I realize it is an Olds and it can't do anything and I slow down. All I think when I am going 100+ is that if Olds can't make the damn window from breaking its clips, how can I trust them going this fast?

03-02-2005, 05:25 AM

Ive made 200km trips going average speed of 160-180 kmph without any problems. Some wind noise but its a smooth ride, i have faith in my Olds. B)

03-02-2005, 06:51 AM

ive got the 99 and i just hit mine last week at 110

Oldsman · 03-02-2005, 07:58 AM

there was a rare few in 99 that had the european computers in the cars. they will top out at around 120-130. somewhere around there. but the chances of 2 of them in your part of the world is very slim.

I would be very skeptical unless you are with them when they go over the 110 mark and keep going.

far the 03..............BS

Redog · 03-02-2005, 09:54 AM

The 99, yes I believe it. I rented one in Vegas and had that bad boy up to 122 MPH and it had the 2.4.

The rest, BS they have one

alero440 · 03-02-2005, 01:15 PM

I have an 01... Only got to 110. Sucks that the speedo lies and makes the car out to be faster. bastards, lol.

FormulaNERD · 03-02-2005, 01:21 PM

mine went to 132 before i ran out of room because of traffic.....

but i had the ASE pcm... hehe.

108 before that.

mike2002 · 03-02-2005, 11:08 PM

mine kicks in at 106-107, def not 110 on mine

Oldsman · 03-02-2005, 11:59 PM

mine hits 108 and then it is like hitting the cruise. rather than hit 110 and then cut out.

03-03-2005, 12:59 AM

I hit 120 mph in my '99 before I had to hit the brakes... That was the one and only time I got her over 100.

03-03-2005, 01:20 AM

I have a '01 and if the RPM's are high it will top out at 108, but if I maintain a good level RPM (as in going downhill), I can hit 120. Tries to shut off at 121.

03-10-2005, 05:59 AM

ive hit 115 once but could never do it since. i top out at 106-107.

brsexton · 03-10-2005, 07:05 AM

I have an 03 GX ecotec and it has one. They are full of BS...

03-10-2005, 08:12 AM

Hell, i got paced by a damn KIA Accent the other day and couldn't ditch it cuz i kept topping out. <_<

'Our cars topping out at 108 and taking that "hit" to slow down, IMO, is the equivalent of someone socking you in the stomach and saying "This is an Oldsmobile. What the f%&* were you thinking?'

03-10-2005, 09:02 AM

all OBD2 equiped cars have a speed limiter programed in to it. it has to. thats part of the governments requirements in the US.

HOWEVER, some makes, models, years, etc. will have different speed limiters.

9/10 times the speed limiter will be right around where the speed rate of the tires are on the car when it leave the factory.

if the car came with a sport tire, they tend to have higher speed limits than cars that came with less sporty tires.

they do this so that when you do decide to take it to the limit, you do not go past the rated speed of your tires and possibly blow a tire out.

i dont know anything about the alero's limiter.

but even if one were to have a DHP or other aftermarket PCM that is ran on OBD2 cars, it still has a speed limiter, its just so high that you will never reach it.

for example, DHP's usual speed limiter is like 200mph