Cruise control, near disaster
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From: So. Ohio
Car: 88 Camaro
Engine: L98 350
Transmission: 700r4
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.
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From: Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Car: 84 Z28
Engine: 357
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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.
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From: Hurst, Texas
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.
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From: Buffalo, NY
Car: 1988 IROC-Z
Engine: 427 SBC
Transmission: ProBuilt 700R4
Axle/Gears: Moser 12 Bolt / 3.73 TrueTrac
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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Car: 88 Camaro
Engine: L98 350
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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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