RPM at 60 MPH?

[jtjerry]

Hi guys,
how much RPM you get when cruise at 60 MPH at 5th gear (FWD turbo and AWD turbo)?
Ask cause I have F5M22 tranny and I have at 60 3200 RPMs. I thinking about swap FWD tranny or go all the way and swap AWD and curious about RPM change...
thanks for answers
Jerry. Poland.

 

[DSMSpyder99]

well i dont know 60 because the freeway speed limit in SoCal is 65. But @ 3000RPM im at 71-73mph (i always set my cruise control at 3,000). So i would guess maybe 2500RPM @ 60mph

 

[Zenja]

I think mine is around 2900 on a 1g AWD.

 

[CowPimp]

I'm somewhere in the mid-high 2000s on my 2G AWD.

 

[paranoidTSi]

2500-2600 in 5th gear on a Talon AWD.

 

[DannyD]

Mine is around 2600rpms

 

[jtjerry]

thanks,

looks about 500-600 RPM less than in my F5M22 tranny

Jerry

 

[billdo_83]

Mines at 3k in 5th gear.

 

[DSM_23]

mines right on 2600rpm in 5th at 60mph

justin

 

[2gGSX]

about 2800 in 5th gear

 

[1gfromND]

since we're on this subject u guys dont know if shepard could somehow do some gear swappin and make 5th a liitle lower do ya? it sure would be nice to be goin on the interstate (which is 75 here) at 78 mph and rev only like 2800 or so instead of a gas guzzlin 3500 when cold and then 3300 when warm. just a thought i guess.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

there is the long 5th gear mod.. but i dont think it'd be practically just to save a little gas

 

[clownface]

im confused, how can 3 AWD people have such different answers? one says 2600 another says 2800 and the other guy said 3000........i personaly dont know cause i dont have a functional speedo but shouldnt they be about the same????not 200-400 rpms different? since the tranny ratios are the same shouldnt there mph-rpms be the same? im new though so i guess i could be and prolly am missing something.

 

[cbellsondsm]

pretty sure theyre makin a rough estimate, dont quote me tho jsut my guess

 

[clownface]

o, well that was in the back of my head but i just dont wanna be missunderstanding how something works if there being exact.

 

[out there]

engine condition and environmental conditions can cause the rpms at speed XXmph to vary

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by out there
engine condition and environmental conditions can cause the rpms at speed XXmph to vary

What? It's a solid-gear connection between the crankshaft and the speedometer sensor. Your MPH may not be accurate in terms of tire/wheel size and how fast the car is actually going down the road, but the relationship between crankshaft and speedometer isn't changeable.

 

[billdo_83]

Zenja and I basically are at the same RPM.

I dont know how DSM_23 has that much of a lower 5th gear.
the 2g AWDs have a differnet 5th gear ratio also.
Along with the '90 AWDs

 

[out there]

sorry... i was thinking of a/t for some reason... i've noticed in my saturn that on the highway my rpms will fall minimal amounts when i get behind another car.
tire and wheel sizes make a difference in m/t cars. example, 16" wheel has 50" (without a tire, another variable) per rotation; whereas a 17" wheel has 53" per rotation, making all gears roughly 6% taller (other variables aside).

 

[1FlyTsiVT]

2600 in 5th..

1990 eagle talon tsi awd

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by out there
sorry... i was thinking of a/t for some reason... i've noticed in my saturn that on the highway my rpms will fall minimal amounts when i get behind another car.

Ah, true. The torque convertor's slip will make a variable between RPM and MPH between the crankshaft and the speedo sensor.

 

[v2ner]

around 2700

 

[jtjerry]

Funny how much different answers

After estimations and extrapolations I thinking that 1G AWD (M/T) have about 2600 RPM at 60 MPH at 5 gear.

Thanx all you guys for answers.

 

[DSM_23]

well according to my speedo and my afc, my rpms right at 60 are right at 6250 to be exact

 

[DSM_23]

haha correction 2650