road trip question

[eagletalonesi84]

i'm going to visit some buddys that live about an hour away. I have a non turbo and when i go 70 it runs at about 3200 rpms is that bad on the car at all?

 

[blackbyrd]

Is it bad to go 70 in overdrive at 3,200rpms, for an hour? I don't think that could be bad for anycar, unless the engines having problems.. Curiosity, whats the n/t redline at?(never driven one)

 

[dieseltech]

I took mine to 6500 the other day!!

 

[Defiant]

I have a non turbo and when i go 70 it runs at about 3200 rpms is that bad on the car at all?

Not in the slightest. Glance your gauges at least once a minute.

 

[Bmxr152]

it should be fine. My dads Svt focus cruises down the highway in 6th at 85mph at 4k RPM's. We took it in a 3 hour drive even to get my talon from Road race, so no i wouldnt worry about it at all!

 

[MyBeatGSX]

What do you guys normally cruise at. Because like this guy, I tend to drive slow because I hate having the RPM way up there for long periods of time. I'd like to be able to drive at 80-90mph on road trips but that's over 4k. Instead I putt along at 65-70mph which I still think has the RPMs way up there. I'm used to Toyota automatics that have 5th gears so tall you can do 100mph and be under 3,000rpm.

 

[Dasamary]

You could probably safely run your car at 5k RPMS doing well over 100. I used to drive a 1995 Plymouth Neon and it was only a 3speed (no overdrive). I would drive it 300 miles with the RPMs in the 4k+ range doing 100 to go back and forth to college. The car lasted well over 120k miles on it...then my mom totalled it.

 

[OSXer]

I drive 30-45 minutes to work each day during the week, much of which is highway, and routinely hold steady at ~3600-3800 RPM. I don't feel that I have ever done any damage to my vehicle by doing so either.

 

[blackbyrd]

Yeah I cruise about 75 at around 3500ish-rpm for about an hour everyday to work. I've been on several road trips to the great lakes, crusing about 6 hours at 5000ish-rpm at well over 100 steady.. I made that trip 3 times, with rod knock amoung all my other problems... Never did any damage haha.
"It's a car, Drive it"

 

[zachakagoat]

That rpm range is just when the car is starting to kick into its prime. I also hate the feel of my car at those rpms when in cruise but hey what ya gonna do add another gear? I wish...oh what the joys of a 6spd would be...just that extra gear and bam we'd be in the 30mpg range