What is the purposes of a speed sensor and how does it effect the performance of a car?

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Speed sensors can affect the performance of your car...It mainly depends on how late of model car you are dealing with...The later model cars depend on the speed sensors for transmission shift timing, fuel managment,ABS, stability control, and speed limitors...

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its also called a speedo, and it just sents a signal to the speemetor and tells it how fast your car is traveling

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It limits the top speed of the vehicle to keep it within manageable limits. Some, such as a Chevrolet Corvette, are set around 180mph, but it is set around 98mph on a Chevrolet Colorado. The Corvette is obviously more capable at higher rates of speed than the Colorado.

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what kind of speed sensor ?

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typically, it will measure how fast the engine or wheels are spinning to calculate your speed.
Then display it on your speed-ometer.
So you can tell when you are going too fast.

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It wont have any effect on the performance of the car. (only on your mind)

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It's basically a small generator, on a (usually) front wheel. The faster it spins, the higher the voltage is produces. That voltage is then read on a dial, with numbers that correspond to the speed you are going down the road. It has nothing to do with performance, it's a passive reading.

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In addition to the other answers, there are speed sensors for the ABS system. They differentiate the speed between the axles/wheels when braking, engaging the ABS accordingly.

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It depends on the year, make, model, and engine of the car. Most often it is only used by the ABS brake system. In that case it doesn't affect engine performance at all.

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the speed sensor tells you how fast you are going and also. keeps count of how many miles your car has on it .that you are reading on your speedometer. if it is unhooked your car will us ally not shift or will shift with a neurotic pattern not right
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