It's the wierdest thing. New plugs, air filter, fuel filter, fuel system cleaning, trans service...but when the car hits 65mph, it's like it hits a hurdle.
It shifts to 3rd at exactly 65...if I stay at WOT, or anywhere near, it will NOT go above 65mph. If I let off, and gradually ease back in, it will hit 70. After 70, the sky's the limit...i've gotten it up to 85mph, and it wanted to keep going. But only after the 65mph hurdle. Any ideas?
sounds like your trans pressure cable to the throttle body is too tight
I'm no mechanic...could you elaborate a bit?
Also, it smells funny. I've only driven the car long distance a few times...it smells kinda like half burnt gas if that makes sense. I'm really thinking that, with 206k miles, it's probably got a dead catalytic converter.
That's a possibility. I'm wondering if it had a governer from a previous owner.
haha.. yeah! I didn't even think this could be a problem.. a buddy of mine put one of these on his SI-R after he got quite a few speeding tickets. why spend the money when you can just stay off the gas a bit.
Well if it had been used as a rental car, a taxi, or even the kid's car it may be possible. Some car lots may install them too. Have you seen the remote kills they have if you don't make the payments?
Please read the first post. It WILL go above 65mph, it just hesitates like mad. If it's a governer, it's a very poorly designed one that can be defeated by not accelerating at WOT.
thats a good point and I didn't even think of that. Maybe the cat is backed up. You know I used to have an 89 Suburban. It had a problem just like that. at 65 to 70 it would sputter and hesitate, but once passed 70 it would shoot up to around 90 (I think it was 90, the speedo only went up to 80). Unfortuantly, I nor any other mechanic could ever figure out what was causing the problem, and I eventually sold it.
I bet we could pull a cat off a corolla or even a camry or celica for it for pretty cheap.
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why spend the money when you can just stay off the gas a bit. 
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