Govenor on 01 dakota 4.7L??

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mac davis - 07 Jul 2007 14:26 GMT

I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...

Took a short road trip last week to the states and the truck "cut out" twice
while passing other cars... Felt like an ignition stumble that went away as soon
as you took your foot out of it...

Maybe in the 95 - 100 range? (too busy to look)

mac

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azwiley1 - 07 Jul 2007 18:30 GMT

> I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...
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That's what it sounds like, mine does the same thing about 98

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GeekBoy - 07 Jul 2007 19:12 GMT

>> I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...
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> That's what it sounds like, mine does the same thing about 98

wow that is sad. Speed limits are going up and they are cutting back on the
max speeds of the vehicles.

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mac davis - 08 Jul 2007 16:31 GMT

>>> I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...
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>wow that is sad. Speed limits are going up and they are cutting back on the
>max speeds of the vehicles.

Well, the max speed limit in Baja is 50 mph / 80 kpm but nobody pays much
attention to it.. lol

mac

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Bryan - 08 Jul 2007 19:58 GMT

Mac Davis wrote:

> Well, the max speed limit in Baja is 50 mph / 80 kpm but nobody pays much
> attention to it.. lol

80 kpm = 2982.582 mph... fast enough to make the paint peel (or burn) off!
;^)
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mac davis - 09 Jul 2007 17:57 GMT

>Mac Davis wrote:
>> Well, the max speed limit in Baja is 50 mph / 80 kpm but nobody pays much
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>;^)
>Bryan

Oops... kph
Damn metric system is only good for wrench sizes.. lol

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jmc - 08 Jul 2007 08:13 GMT

Suddenly, without warning, mac davis exclaimed (7/7/2007 10:56 PM):

> I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...
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I have the same truck, and took it up to about 98mph (but only once),
with no stumble.

Probably won't again though. Back then (before Jan 07) there was no
speed limit on the outback roads hereabouts. Now there is. Not sure
why they bother, it's thousands (literally) of miles of empty roads,
rarely patrolled. About the only people you could give speeding tickets
to is someone who's wrecked because they've gone too fast.

jmc

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mac davis - 08 Jul 2007 16:35 GMT

>I have the same truck, and took it up to about 98mph (but only once),
>with no stumble.
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Yeah, I've had the truck for 6 years and a 56,000 miles and just found this
out...

Just got into a nice flow with 3 other trucks across a dry lake bed and when I
passed a slower car it "cut out" on me twice...

Good to know it's NOT an ignition problem, which is what it felt like..

OTOH, I'd much prefer the diesel type governor if I have to have one, where the
rpm or is limited but doesn't have the "back off" stumble..

mac

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Chris Thompson - 08 Jul 2007 16:57 GMT

mac davis thought everyone should know:

>>I have the same truck, and took it up to about 98mph (but only once),
>>with no stumble.
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i agree they could control max speed on a gasoline car much more smoothly
with computer control if they would just program it as such. the whole
shut the thing off for a second just seems a touch rediculous to me.

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mac davis - 09 Jul 2007 17:58 GMT

>> Good to know it's NOT an ignition problem, which is what it felt like..
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>with computer control if they would just program it as such. the whole
>shut the thing off for a second just seems a touch rediculous to me.

And a bit dangerous, when it happens at speed and you're not expecting it..

mac

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azwiley1 - 10 Jul 2007 01:36 GMT

> On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:57:41 +0000, Chris Thompson
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> And a bit dangerous, when it happens at speed and you're not expecting it..

This is true mac, like when I found out the chevy had one on it, 98 on
I-10 and WHAM! I thought I hit something it shut down so hard.
There is a flip side to this though and that is the fact that a truck,
other than the SRT, Chevy SS454 and Ford Lightening really don't need
to go that fast, esspecially if they don't have (and most won't) the
proper tires to handle the speed.

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mac davis - 10 Jul 2007 14:47 GMT

>This is true mac, like when I found out the chevy had one on it, 98 on
>I-10 and WHAM! I thought I hit something it shut down so hard.
>There is a flip side to this though and that is the fact that a truck,
>other than the SRT, Chevy SS454 and Ford Lightening really don't need
>to go that fast, esspecially if they don't have (and most won't) the
>proper tires to handle the speed.

Well, it DID take 6 years/56k miles to find out it had one, Larry...
Not like it's my normal cruising speed... lol

mac

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E Frank Ball III - 10 Jul 2007 01:22 GMT

> I'm guess it's governed, at least I sort of hope so...
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> Maybe in the 95 - 100 range? (too busy to look)

The older (gen II, 92-96) Daks were limited to 115mph or 5500rpm.
It cuts the fuel injection.

What's the speed rating on your tires? That's the speed they usually set it to.

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