Ford Chips

[Towncar 10+ year member]

My limiter is killing my top end on my 02 crownvic, and I cant seem to find anyone in my area that does any tuning of any sort, atleast on domestic cars... So any suggestions on a decent chip to take my limiter off. I dont really care about a big horse power gain, as I will get that adding other things to the car later, but it would be nice to not be restricted... Any suggestions on a easy chip I can put on myself?

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[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

An Italian one, but be ready to pay $8K for one.

sorry I don't know of anyone

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

Did you rework the heads? What makes you think you can go above redline without valve float and a loss of power?

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Did you rework the heads? What makes you think you can go above redline without valve float and a loss of power?

Ive been told by a few friends that all I would need is a power chip. My car is far more capable than the 105 I am limited to go... My car is bone stock with an exhaust.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

a crownvic isnt a sports car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[86yota 10+ year member]

Im sure your computer can be reprogrammed, but if your car isnt equipped with an aluminum driveshaft, they are known to pretty much explode past 120mph. http://www.crownvic.net has a lot of helpful info, you could get an aluminum driveshaft off a CVPI if your car isnt one. But yeah, the car stock is more capable of the 105-108 shut off!

 

[89montero 10+ year member]

Did you rework the heads? What makes you think you can go above redline without valve float and a loss of power?

Pretty sure he's talking about the speed limiter not the rev limiter. He is not at the redline when he's doing 105, and yes any engine crownvic can do better than 105.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

a crownvic isnt a sports car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Who ever said it was Its a car that has alot of potential. Same engine as the mustang gt. Last I checked, you didnt need a sports car to go fast. Plenty of fast 4 doors....

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

SCT tune. go to tccoa.com and talk to lonnie to see your options.

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

oh my bad, thought you were talking about the rev limiter. Holy shit I didn't know those were limited to 105! I've seen some police cruisers go pretty **** fast, tell us how fast it goes after you unlock it!

hmmm do the police packages have the same ECU? Maybe a flash designed for the police package might work?

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

SCT tune. go to tccoa.com and talk to lonnie to see your options.

that CTS is insanely sexy!!!

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Silver, join fordbastards.org. You'd like it there...

The driveshaft is probably not the only car not capable of high speeds on the CV. I'd be surprised to see the tires handle 105+ for very long, and I'm sure that the car body rolls like a mofo, which is 'great' at 105+...

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

SCT tune. go to tccoa.com and talk to lonnie to see your options.

this was gonna be exactly what i what i would say. lonnie knows his shit, and he's who i would have do it, if i didnt already have one when i found out about this guy

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

is tccoa still the taurus club?

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Taurus Car Club of America. There's lots of T-Birds and other Ford vehicles there, though. Same with FordBastards.org, but that's most just a shit talking forum with some car talk on the side. That, and lots of track events.