Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"???
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Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"???
I'm thinking of letting my son get a used C-5 but want to de-tune it to limit the rev's to 4500 and the top end to 90 MPH. Can this be done with the current chip reprogramers, i.e. Predator???
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
Don't buy your son a C5, if you don't trust him to drive it safely. Yes I'm sure those things can be done, but I'm just as sure that he will figure a way around them.
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (lost)
Don't buy your son a C5, if you don't trust him to drive it safely
Most parents buy their children vehicles that can't get themselves in trouble with.
A nice Accord will do the job nicely.
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
I'm thinking of letting my son get a used C-5 but want to de-tune it to limit the rev's to 4500 and the top end to 90 MPH. Can this be done with the current chip reprogramers, i.e. Predator???
Yes, you can do these things. You can also limit torque, though I am not sure by how much. A laptop and the proper software and a cable is all you need.
Additionally, the Window Commander by Top Down Technologies will record highest speed reached. Don't let him know that you have it installed and he'll probably never figure out how to defeat it.
That way, ask him if he obeyed the speed limits when out, then go check the commander to see if he's lying.
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
I believe you can do this with LS1edit.
There is another data loging device you can install.
It plugs to the ODB2 port and monitors the car. http://www.davisnet.com/drive/produc...p_Help_You.pdf
You can see when it was driven and how hard.
How may hard accels and decels.
Max speeds. All kinds of stuff.
Will even tell u if it was disconnected and when incase he is wise to your attempts to see how the car is driven. You could trust him and then use this to verify your trust.
There is another data loging device you can install.
It plugs to the ODB2 port and monitors the car. http://www.davisnet.com/drive/produc...p_Help_You.pdf
You can see when it was driven and how hard.
How may hard accels and decels.
Max speeds. All kinds of stuff.
Will even tell u if it was disconnected and when incase he is wise to your attempts to see how the car is driven. You could trust him and then use this to verify your trust.
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (fdupny)
I can't imagine how embarassing it would be to your son to be cruising around in a detuned Corvette that would have its doors blown off by just about any thing it ran into. If my father had known all the crap I did as a teenager he would have had a heart attack. Boys will be boys!!
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (lost)
I can't imagine how embarassing it would be to your son to be cruising around in a detuned Corvette that would have its doors blown off by just about any thing it ran into. If my father had known all the crap I did as a teenager he would have had a heart attack. Boys will be boys!!
If my parents knew what I did in a 59 chevy, 3spd column shift and, blue flame 6 cyl they'd have killed me! Yes the back end would start trying to lift at 90mph. :D
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
I'm thinking of letting my son get a used C-5 but want to de-tune it to limit the rev's to 4500 and the top end to 90 MPH. Can this be done with the current chip reprogramers, i.e. Predator???
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (Mike Mercury)
another idea; buy your son a cherry 1975 Corvette. Probably one of the weakest power years for the Corvette. I owned one!!!
instead of the other cars wanting to race him, they will think he has a cool classic car :thumbs:
instead of the other cars wanting to race him, they will think he has a cool classic car :thumbs:
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
You can do it with LS1 edit. It has provisions for speed limiter and rpm limiter. The program cost's about $550.00 or you can take it to a shop and have it done usally around $400.00
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (lost)
Don't buy your son a C5, if you don't trust him to drive it safely...he will figure a way around them.
while you're at it, throw him a box of condoms, a dime bag and bottle of JD. Then tell him to save sex for marriage, don't smoke dope, and don't drink. For sure, if you're here, your kid's going to be here. He just has to ask how to reboot the car back to it's factory settings. IMHO a detuned C5 is a really, really expensive piece of rice...looks the part, but can't act.
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Re: Can a C-5 Chip be "Dumbed-Down"??? (TedDBere)
I guess you should get him the automatic with the 2.73 gears. Those are the slowest of the bunch. I guess you could also speed limit the thing to 70 mph. Maybe it would be good to send him to a High Performance Driving School to learn how to drive the car better?
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