2007 Silverado Limiter?
 

Hello all,
I am new to the forum. I have a 2007 New Body Style 1500 crew cab 2WD with a 5.3 liter, andabout 2400 miles on it. I was on the highway this morning in the left lane behind a slow car waiting for him to get over so I could speed up, when a Ford truck came up behind me and kept slowing down then racing right up behind me even though he could see the car in front of me. When the car finally got over I sped up and got in front of it to let the Ford pass, as he passed me up I got in behind him and it was on. We got up to almost 100 when all of a sudden my truck just quit accelerating like it hit a limiter or something. I backed off the throttle and it resumed speed. Does the new Chevy have a limiter? This was very annoying.

RE: 2007 Silverado Limiter?
 

yeppers...100 mph governor...the brakes are not rated for higher

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Yep unless you get a custom tune as i did and now i dont have a 100 mile speed limiter. Not that i say any one should go over 100:D

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Same thing happened on my 99' when I was racing a riced out Jetta. I lost cause of that damn limiter (but I had him until then). You can get a tune or a programmer to change it. Im not sure about a tune (might eliminate them all together), but programmers let you set them higher. I think your choices are 100, 115, and 128 mph.

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Thanks for the info. I think I'll wait for a while before doing any mods, until I get a feel for what I really need that is.;)

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mine shuts down at 90[:@]

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We get asked a lot why they shut off @100..

Let's face it..the steering/brakes are just not rated for over 100 mph...

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jcbst12, if the Jetta had been the 2.0Liter Turbro or the VR6 you would not have won anyway...:D Those are peppy

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sounds like we just need to get the brakes and steering upgraded then.

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smoke20, i like the way you think

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I can't help it, I love speed. Whether in my boat or my truck.

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Hell yeh smoke! I love speed off road!

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Mine shuts off at 100.... I learned to reach out the window and wave at 99, then I hit the brakes. They don't know it shuts off at 100, they just think I'm finished kickin' their butt, lol.

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Well I no longer have this issue, my speed limiter is set at 200, so I I just need to find a way to get there.

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gonna need some gears...

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gonna need that charger :D

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and some diapers when you hit an oilslick ...or a ricer ...both are equally annoying and unwanted. :D

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The ricer would just be a speedbump, but I hear they suck over 170.

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(In response to 72Charger) Sorry for the delay. I know. Its the fast cars I respect. Im not going to screw with someone that I know can beat me. I don't respect the 94-95 Jetta 2.0 with a wing and a fart cannon. Or the civic with 5K in body mods and a bone stock engine.

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I screwed with two people this past weekend. One Im not so proud of as it was a fellow GM owner. I was turing onto a highway when some anal cavity in a Cadillac Escalade EXT cut me off so I got along side of him and we both put it to the floor. I am proud to say I got him by a truck length in about 1/4 mile from a 35 mph start. I like not having the speed limiter anymore. I also hammered on a Scion XB with all the ricer crap on it. Not much of a run tho as I laid off the gas and waited for him to catch up.