Cruise control, near disaster
09-30-2005, 09:21 PM
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Cruise control, near disaster
Driving on the highway today, on cruise at about 60. Reached down to tune the radio and bumped the shifter into neutral. Engine revved up, buried the tack before I could get the switch off to kill it. Is this how this is supposed to work? I'd think there should be shutdown or something to prevent this. I'm lucky the rods are still connected after this.
09-30-2005, 09:40 PM
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Car: 84 Z28
Engine: 357
Transmission: TH-350C
Axle/Gears: 3.43
i dont believe their is anything to avoid that.
AFAIK the cruise just works off of the speedo cable without any sort of RPM sensing and whatnot.
AFAIK the cruise just works off of the speedo cable without any sort of RPM sensing and whatnot.
10-01-2005, 01:54 AM
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Car: 1983 G20 Chevy
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 14 bolt with 3.07 gears
No shutdown, just an electronically controlled diaprham.
Tap the brake next time. Better yet tie a relay into the P/N switch to shut the cruise off if you ever hit neutral.
Tap the brake next time. Better yet tie a relay into the P/N switch to shut the cruise off if you ever hit neutral.
10-01-2005, 02:29 AM
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Car: 1992 Trans/am convertible
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 2.73 drum WS6
Brake, or turn key off.
Quick reflexes my friend.
Anyway, cruize control is **** anyways.
Quick reflexes my friend.
Anyway, cruize control is **** anyways.
10-01-2005, 06:30 PM
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Car: 88 gta
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uh dont shift into neutral.. think it is in the manual somewhere. hehehe.... ben fun to be in the next lane...
10-01-2005, 07:53 PM
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I don't know of this is correct, but I was told the rev limiter for the L98's is set at like 9500 RPM. If this is true, why the hell would they do that?
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10-01-2005, 07:59 PM
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Beats me but it sure buried the tach at 7 grand. Engine actually sounded pretty good too. Reflexes don't work too good when you're not sure just what's going on, just a second makes a big difference in this deal. I'll sure be careful from now on. (This car is a super nice driver, got to have that cruise you know)
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