MikeyXR2i

Hi peeps, anyone have a good idea how this is done, i know its done electronically, but is it down to the ECU itself??

Thanks peeps.

COMEDY DAN

The limiter is in the map.

MikeyXR2i

Re-map needed to remove?

COMEDY DAN

Not a remap as such, but the map needs bringing up on an laptop program to remove limiter.

So not the cost of a remap to do.

BMW or Mercedes??

MikeyXR2i

Nah Subaru Limited to 155, would like to remove it, but i wasn't sure how it was done.

COMEDY DAN

What the hell would you want to do that 4 mate

Subarus are designed for going round bends not top speed challenges...

Not a good move if you ask me, or you are likely to end up with melted pistons and spun crank bearings.

Not to mention gearbox problems.

MikeyXR2i

you could be right, as the bonnet shakes like hell doing 150.

COMEDY DAN

And you wanna go faster?

Save your money and enjoy the country lanes..

MikeyXR2i

well its not done often only when its a good open road, im one of these people that don't like limits on things!!! But yeah its more exciting ripping through the lanes.

COMEDY DAN

Touch

Big Will_

I could be wrong here but on some of the jap stuff - i thought the limiter was removable through wiring mods as opposed to entering the ECU through a laptop?

Never done one myself - but we've an auto electrician who does 'limiter removal' work for us and i've never yet seen him with a laptop

Ginge !

thats the 111mph limiter,,,,,, fucking stupid idea and considering the japs can fuck with anything electronic,,,,, that idea is only gonna work on there imported cars,,,,,, recon thee kids in japan could delimit the cars with there fucking computer knowlege

SS1

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a white car behind you with blue flashing lights on

JOB DONE

Ollie.

Subarus arent limited to 155 are they?

James

I thought it was about 125?

GARETH T

no not as far as i know,,, im sure its just topping out

Big Will_

big_wig_074

so someone removed a 112mph limiter and put in a 155mph one?i reckon you just run out of power mate,and thats a slightly more difficult limiter to remove!

MikeyXR2i

No its the WR1 with 320BHP Limited to 155.

Jim Galbally

never heard of a WR1 model tho?

you dont mean WRC RA or STI RA do you?

MikeyXR2i

Nope WR1 Only 500 made, car in question is build number 172!



http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/ne...?news_id=10105

AlexF

My RA only did 140mph..... at 8k




It managed it at 3 points round the ring though

big_wig_074

wr1s come in that awesome light blue jim,love the colour,and other than a p1 its the ONLY scoob id actually get,but id have to be under serious pressure to do so!

Jim Galbally

you realise that 155mph is seriously fucking fast don't you?

i dont ever wanna go that fast again

MikeyXR2i

Yeah its only done very very occasionally when on a good quiet road with nothing about, a few months ago when coming back from the Williams F1 Centre, my mate hit 155 in it, and the new STi 2.5 came past, which is spec'd to be slower than the WR1, but the car did look fettled with and was pulling away at a rate we couldn't believe. Gobsmacked to say the least. Its not very important as the car is very quick anyway, was just wondering how the limit was removed.

SteveB

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Not 100% sure if below is 100% true or I..... A, made it up or B, drempt it but.......

Imports are limited to 180KMH (111MPH) when you have an electronic speedo conversion done so it converts the KMH to MPH elctronically it then moves the limiter to 180MPH instead....

Ollie.

Shouldnt have a limiter at 155...

MikeyXR2i

This car is a Type UK version, built for sale in the UK market. Its Limited to 155MPH, just like your M3's and so on.

plynchy

Off topic....but vaguely related...

Apparently if you go past 155 in 5th in an E39 M5, then hit 6th, it will sail past 155 (obviously) onto 180+.

Love to.

Ollie.

My E36 M3 Evo wasnt limited... sailed past 155...


I know when evos (6's) were released they were supposed to have a 155 limiter but they actually didnt. That was just the top speed of the cars with standard power.

TIFF

My DIESEL BMW has no limiter now

MikeyXR2i

You reckon its a bit of bullshit then that they say there limited? as i did see the Speedo hit 160MPH??

rssteve

remember the speedo aint always accurate, so you might only have been doing 154 when it was rading 160

plynchy

My FRS was showing 158 on the speedo, GPS said 151.

Ollie.

I dunno mate. I defo know evo 6 werent because there was a lengthy thread about it on the MLR and the newer evos defo arent.

My M3 definitely wasnt as we had is well above on GPS as well as the speedo and actually off the clocks(170) once.

My mate ( Carlo on here ) works for BMW and he says very few of them are limited.


Get a GPS on your scoob and see what it does but i reckon its just the power and aerodynamics stopping it. I also bet the spoiler slows it down a good few MPH!

Jim Galbally

my 3.0 M3 goes past an indicated 155, but then i've been told that they didnt bother to limit the 3.0 as they wont pull much past 160 with the power anyway, whereas the evo will pull 160+ happily, so thye limited them.

dunno if thats bull or not tho

Ollie.

Jim mine was a evo....

And i know of a few other evo M3's that werent limited...

JjCoDeX75

Also not true! I have tested this in mine in a place where it would have been legal (obviously an autobahn ), and I can tell you that the restrictor does not cut in until 168mph, and at this point it very much will not go any faster. As such, you cant go this fast in 5th, so makes no difference at all!

They are pretty easy to disable as I understand it. When my warranty expires in end of jan, I will be doing this, and will re report.

JJ