[The Flying Turkey]

My employer, a very large world-wide company, just updated our fleet of 2012 Econolines to the new 2016 Transit 250's. They just purchased hundreds if not a thousand or more of these trucks nation-wide.

Compared to the Econoline 250, I have to say it's a better ride, the Ecoboost engine is cool, and the conveniences of Bluetooth, backup camera, and Sync are sweet.

But they ordered them with the 75 MPH speed limiter. This is not the MyKey limiter, but factory programmed limiter for fleet vehicles. All of us can't stand it. Short of going to the dealer and slipping the guy a $20 to deactivate it, is there a way I can do this myself? Say with a OBDII device or something?

 

[audiopyle]

Slap some 245/75 R16 tires on it. That will get you over 80.

 

[Sbsga]

Most of the speed limiters on the large trucks we work on can be removed or changed with a few clicks of a mouse if you have the OEM software. You could try asking superchips or hypertech if their product will remove speed limiters(my old work truck shut off at 98 until I put a hypertech tune on it). Then again you would be spending several hundred dollars for a vehicle you don't own. Most of the truck drivers let it roll faster on a downhill and activate cruise control to hold the higher speed. I know it works with some Detroit Diesel equipped trucks so I would be interested to know if it works in a transit.

 

[TRV]

Just a guess, your company may also have fleet tracking device installed. Is it worth the risk to get caught speeding?

 

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Our product, HP Tuners VCM Suite has the ability to remove the limiters, or pretty much anything else you would like to adjust.

 

[joefromga]

Can it make my turbos louder? I love the sound of performance. Also want more power and better shift points.

 

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Can it make my turbos louder? I love the sound of performance. Also want more power and better shift points.

Oh yeah, you could do all of the above. Based on what I have seen with the F-150 3.5L Ecoboost, there is easily 80-100 HP to be gained from tuning.