Just got a used 03 SS with 87000 on it..prior owner was very good with oil/filter and not a beater etc. but should i do a tranny fluid change/flush NOW?? Stick has a little brown on it..no smell but definetly not red ..any thoughts?? leave it be at this point??

 

Drop the pan and change the filter NOW, before you have problems...if its kinda a redish brown color, it is time for a change!

 

Oh...I see what you mean. Could buy a power programmer and have the speed limiter taken out, right? I'm sure the car's top speed is in the 125-135MPH range, with proper tires.

 

If I could buy a power programmer, I would have done it already...but bummer, they don't make one for the 3.5L! But your right, with out the limiter, and at least H rated tires, it would do right around 130 I think...maybe 135 if it was floored for a while and had lots of highway to eat up!

 

Remember HP Tuners.

 

Yep! Sure do...but i'm still on the fence about the whole thing right now. Not because I don't trust HP tuners, but because i'm not sure if i really want to do anything to the PCM anymore...IDK, maybe i'll get over my pissed offness (I know thats not a word, Thank you...) sometime in the future, and try to do something with it again...

 

haha, but this one isn't a hard fix if you screw something up, because before you start you flash your stock settings to a computer.

Then if you screw something up you just flash the stock back to your car

The only thing that can go wrong is if you try to re-write the whole PCM and it fails and you fried your PCM. But if you never do full writes it will always allow the repair

 

Hmmmmmm Good to know. Like I said, we will see, MAYBE. LOL

 

LOL

also just practice on your Mom's car

 

Unless you goof something up in the tune too bad and start popping pistons...lol