Has anyone put an aftermarket cruise control on a blown Stude engine. I
think it should work OK because the pressure only goes positive when
you put your foot in it and then you're not using cruise anyway. If
anyone has done this, what brand have you used, the only one I see
advertised now is Audiovox?
Gordon Richmond - 12 Aug 2005 10:01 GMT
There is an aftermarket cruise control that requires no vacuum source
at all. Uses an all-electric servo to operate the throttle. I got one
and installed in my suburban 6.2 Diesel to replace a bad stock cruise
(which relied on vacuum from a pump).
Works just fine, but quit the other day when the speedo cable died (no
surprise there, eh).
Comes with a speed encoder that inserts in the speedo cable, but I
think it can be configured to read speed pulses from an existing
sender on the vehicle, if one exists.
Let me check in ths hop tomorrow, and I should be able to find the
maker's name.
Gord Richmond
KOOL R2 - 12 Aug 2005 14:27 GMT
I have cruise control on my supercharged Avanti. I used the Audiofox
unit with the magnets on the driveshaft. Works very well. I put a
vacuum canister from an old Chev. Celebrity in the vacuum line so that
under boost conditions the cruise does not lose its setting.
KOOL R2
> Has anyone put an aftermarket cruise control on a blown Stude engine. I
> think it should work OK because the pressure only goes positive when
> you put your foot in it and then you're not using cruise anyway. If
> anyone has done this, what brand have you used, the only one I see
> advertised now is Audiovox?