speeding issues
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speeding issues
hello im back with a comsern
for one thing i know i souldn't be speeding but i got suckered into a race i kept up a getting ready to pass when i hit 90 the truck started to rattle all over and the rear end lifted off the ground and landed with a thud and i lost control but i didn't reck the truck is a 2004 ford ranger xlt supercab 4x2 w/a 3.0 v6 auto transmition
for one thing i know i souldn't be speeding but i got suckered into a race i kept up a getting ready to pass when i hit 90 the truck started to rattle all over and the rear end lifted off the ground and landed with a thud and i lost control but i didn't reck the truck is a 2004 ford ranger xlt supercab 4x2 w/a 3.0 v6 auto transmition
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Superchip. Made for everything except the Duratec 2.3 engine (@%*&!). Lift the rev/speed limiter, plus add power to get there.
Never had my truck fast enough to hit a speed limiter. Have definately hit the rev limiter. When you hit the limiter at WOT, it REALLY bounces. Like +- 500RPM. That'll mess with you on the highway.
Dunno what the speed limiter on my truck is. One day I'll find out? The Cosworth-designed 2.3 is the perfect engine to test that with...
Never had my truck fast enough to hit a speed limiter. Have definately hit the rev limiter. When you hit the limiter at WOT, it REALLY bounces. Like +- 500RPM. That'll mess with you on the highway.
Dunno what the speed limiter on my truck is. One day I'll find out? The Cosworth-designed 2.3 is the perfect engine to test that with...
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well i did not reach the rev limit but if that what it dose when it reaches the speed limitor i won't do that any more and by the way i was racing a mitsubeshe eclips and i kept up intil that
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Both of my Ranger 4x4 Supercabs '88 (5 spd.) and '00 (auto) have had vibration issues that started at about 78 mph indicated (75 mph actual) and continued until about 91 mph indicated, when they smoothed out again.
They always started to vibrate at 78 mph, no matter if the tires were new and balanced, or old and balanced, whether the u-joints were just replaced or not.
I've put 212,000 on the '88 and 94,000 on the '00 so far, so it isn't just a bad set of tires. I'm on about my sixth set. Of course I've always used the standard issue Goodyear Wranglers that come on them, so maybe it's the tire/Ranger combination.
I always assumed it was a natural harmonic spot in the body design, and didn't fight it very often, since I shouldn't be doing over 75 mph in too many places in the Northeast anyway.
They always started to vibrate at 78 mph, no matter if the tires were new and balanced, or old and balanced, whether the u-joints were just replaced or not.
I've put 212,000 on the '88 and 94,000 on the '00 so far, so it isn't just a bad set of tires. I'm on about my sixth set. Of course I've always used the standard issue Goodyear Wranglers that come on them, so maybe it's the tire/Ranger combination.
I always assumed it was a natural harmonic spot in the body design, and didn't fight it very often, since I shouldn't be doing over 75 mph in too many places in the Northeast anyway.
