I have a friend that works at the service department at Mitsubishi, and he pulls the governors (fuel regulator) out of mitsubishis when the car is paid off...

He said the "governor" elimination is simply a different hazard switch. He said to bypass it when at high speeds all you have to do is turn on your flashers/hazard lights. Might not work for nissans, but it does for mitsubishi's (according to him).

I don't know if this will work for the Z or not, I don't have the road (or *****) to test this at 156+. Any speed demons want to test this at high speeds?

 

I'll try tonight on my way to the grocery store.

 

LOL

 

Ill give it a whirl. Now who wants to let me borrow their car?

Bo

 

ive bumped mine at 147 ...i dont think i could hit 156 with out it...

 

I'll go around the block a few times and post my findings.

 

I've hit mine @ 162 I don't think the hazards will work for me but the next chance I get I'll try

 

is this why ricers turn on their hazards when they do a flyby?? isnt honda governors at like 90MPH ?

 

LOL, Thats good

 

No. They have their flashers on because their huge wing (you know, the one that makes their car look like a buggie) is about to make them take flight and they just wanna tell you to get out of the way.

 

And all this time I thought they were doing that to tell us htat they thought their car was faster than ours. Man, what was I thinking.

I can see exactly where this thread is going.

On a topical note, I went for a top speed run once but when I maxed out the speedo, I let off. 150mph is plenty fast for me.

Bo

 

Don't Quote me but I think the only way to change the Max top speed is in the ECM.

 

Well, its not about changing the top speed; its about bypassing the switch that tells the computer to cut the fuel at that point (156 or 165 or whatever: still debated).

 

I always thought an electronic governor would mess with the ingition sequences to foul the timing of spark plug firing. I know the older governors started by limiting the amount of fuel based on rpms, which were detected by a little spinning weight centrifugal force measurement deal. Anyway, not trying to sound intelligent, just expressing my awe at the vsatamount of knowledge present here.

 

remember the accelerator in the Z is completely computer controled.. the car can do whatever it wants on detecting the speed.. regardless of what the driver is doing mechanically.

The start of the thread is interesting.. if there is a simple bypass in the ECM code like this..