If you have a 2004 or later US Sprinter the code to increase the speed limiter (not as simple as a governor) has not been broken.Has anyone disabled the speed governor? slider13
Not unless they have cracked the code lately. I know they have spent alot of money and thought they had it cracked about 2 years ago. See my last e-mail below.InMotion claims it can. http://www.inmotionusa.com/sprintergraphs.html
See also http://www.sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378&highlight=inmotion
Let me get this straight, you WANT to go faster than 85MPH GOING DOWN HILL......ON A MOUNTAIN!!!!!
You should be glad you have a governor. Here's a tip, all mountain roads I have ever been on have "turn offs". If a truck is riding your tail,simply pull off safely, then go about your day. there is never a need to be intimidated by anyone BEHIND you.
Yes been there done that, and have the T shirt. That's why I pull off and let the Psycho drive by. If you think for one second I WANT to compete with a rig that size, your mistaken....If you don't think it's intimidating to have a semi 2 feet from your rear bumber
Kendall69The sprinter is not designed for higher speeds
Might I suggest a Ferrari or Porsche, or even a Lamborghini, for a road race down a mountain at speeds higher that 80mph, when you want to outrun a Big Rig.
If you think for one second I WANT to compete with a rig that size, your mistaken.
Common Courtesy is on par with Common Sense. Neither are the majority in my observations.I'm talking about travel on the interstates. For sure, if someone comes flying up behind me on a two lane I'll pull over and let them by. But when you're going 5mph faster than a line of cars in the fast lane and a big rig comes flying up on my bumper, I want to be able to put the hammer down so that I can get back in the right hand lane and out of the truckers way. Not because I feel it is safer, but because it's common courtesy.
Thinking my brakes and a shoulder are better than trying to out-run (or out wit) someone who desires greater speeds. I like to go fast, but prefer a vehicle built more for speed (lower to the ground, for one) . Nope, if you like to go that fast, pass me. If it's a two lane, two-way, I'll just pull off and let you go on. If you're a big truck, I'll respect your mass and velocity and decide to go a little slower in the slow lane.Let me get this straight, you WANT to go faster than 85MPH GOING DOWN HILL......ON A MOUNTAIN!!!!!
You should be glad you have a governor. Here's a tip, all mountain roads I have ever been on have "turn offs". If a truck is riding your tail,simply pull off safely, then go about your day. there is never a need to be intimidated by anyone BEHIND you.
This is funny and so true.4. frequently drivers will sail past me yet 100 miles down the road I see we have arrived at the same place at the same time.
1. never let the driver(s) behind you drive your car.
2. speed = fuel
3. the faster you go the longer it takes to stop
4. frequently drivers will sail past me yet 100 miles down the road I see we have arrived at the same place at the same time. Or I see them at the side of the road with an interesting black and white car behind them. Sadly, more than once, I've seen the same car upside down or piled into another car.
Of course we know that we are all wonderfully safe drivers but someone has those accidents.
LOL - no, I'd not pull to a shoulder (soft or otherwise) at 80 because I don't drive that fast; I make a safe move to the shoulder at a reasonable speed. Typically, when I start to move for the shoulder, I get passed - I'm safe, they're happy..
IMHO it is unsafe to pull onto a soft shoulder at 80 MPH.
Allison Transmission makes automatics for big rigs. In their standard lineup you can find transmissions that can handle 1770 ft lbs of torque. Because they get better gas mileage with any driver you see fleets buying them. Only the best manual transmission drivers can get equal to or better gas mileage. A neighbor who does OTR hauling now won't consider a rig without an Allison transmission. His current rig has over 800,000 miles on the tranny and about 1,100,000 miles on the engine with no major service to either. The first tranny, a manual, died from bearing failure. He replaced it with an Allison. His previous rig had an Allison that he put over 1 million miles on without failure. He is now considering an engine head replacement to switch to fully electronic valves and a new fuel injection system for the better gas mileage. It's about $5500 in parts and labor, but it should save him that much in fuel in the first year.I strongly doubt you will find a Over The Road rig with an auto.