Is the 99 3.8 v6 governor limited and if so how do i take it off and where is it?

Or how do i fix it if it is there?

 

i think all 4th gen 3.8s like ours are set at like 118 or something, you gotta get your computer tuned

 

Ok thanks. Yeah i had a sneaky suspiscion that it was governor limited.

I was racing a corvette the other day, he was going easy on me, but i rocketed up to 125 and then the car started to bog down. I figured it had to be a governor.

Do you have any advice on a specific handheld, or whatever, tuning program to use? Or do i have to go to a tuner shop?

 

HPP3 or Hp tuners.

 

thanks.

 

cant use tune a 96 pcm have to get a 97 and reprogram the speed limiter...plug and play swap takes 15 mins

 

Uhm, sorry i don't understand what you mean. Complete newb here.

So i need to get a 97 pcm for my 99 camaro, then reprogram it?

Or is it that i just buy the tuned PCM, and swap the tuned one with my stock pcm? I've seen that around also.

 

I was racing a corvette the other day, he was going easy on me, but i rocketed up to 125 and then the car started to bog down. I figured it had to be a governor.

Rocketed? A little over exageration dont you think

 

Haha. Yeah poor choice of words.

 

ignore what i said...i thought it said that u had a 96...97 and up u can program with tuners...96 u have to swap

 

Ok.

I thought i saw somewhere that an online company sells pcm's already tuned and programmed with your VIN. Anyone know if that's true and/or where i can get such a thing.

I'll have to check my posts again, because i was sure it was in one of my threads.

 

only place I know that does mail order tuning is texas speed performance.

 

in my 95 3.8 it would run out of gears at around 115...

 

it should be at 118 on the 3.8 and 115 on a 3.4...had both and experianced where they were ....you hafto remove it by a tuner or a Jet chip (cheapest way)...

whats the point of even removing it tho? how often do you do over 100 cause i sure as hell never go over 125. Plus over 118 your tires get out of their speed ratings.....if you have stock non z rated tires that is...

 

Thats what i was thinking.. got in a "race" with a nissan sentra yesterday in wifes firebird and from 70 to 105 i couldnt pass him. nothing Rocketing about that! HAHA but it cuts off right over 115. had camaro 145 before but got hypertech for it!!!