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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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Car: 89 FORMULA 350 / 1991 RX7
Engine: 5.7 L98 / LT1
Transmission: 700R4 / 6 speed manual
Axle/Gears: 3.42 posi / 4.11 posi
speed limiter questions

i have a 94 trans am 5.7 lt1 . the only mods i have done is put 3.23 gears under it . the car came stock with 2.73 . here's the problem, the car shuts down at 110 mph. but that an inaccurate reading because of the lower gears . so top speed is about 85 mph. if i put a ecm out of a trans am gt (which has no limiter) will that get rid of the 110 limiter? i know about the hypertech but they cost a lot of $$ . any help would be great
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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You need to buy the equipment and DIY. It is the only way to also correct for the different gear ratio.
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Old Nov 13, 2004 | 11:57 PM
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DIY I know you can change the constant to eliminate the limiter but I thought you had to change the drive/driven gears at the tailhousing to recalibrate the speedo? Or buy some sort of electronic recalibrator?

Also, you have a 94 TA and wouldn't really fall under the 'thirdgen' board.
What year TA GT are you planning to get the ecm from that has no limiter?

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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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Car: 89 FORMULA 350 / 1991 RX7
Engine: 5.7 L98 / LT1
Transmission: 700R4 / 6 speed manual
Axle/Gears: 3.42 posi / 4.11 posi
94 gt ecm
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:46 AM
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www.tunercat.com has the software.
http://www.akmcables.com/ic.htm has the cables.
You'll need to check if you diagnosic connector is OBD 1 OR 2.
94-95 is a transition year and GM use both connectors. So for the total cost of about $150, you can fix the speedo problem. Since you'll have the software you might as well tune the ecm for more power.

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