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.

 

[Defiant]

What the hell, I'm supposed to look at the speedometer while I'm parallel parking?

When Road & Track did the road test of the GSX in '95, they got 2710 rpm at 60 mph.

 

[ed1380]

So 3k rpm for 70mph is norm for dsm? WTF

How long can you do that before it becomes bad for the engine?

 

[romeen]

When Road & Track did the road test of the GSX in '95, they got 2710 rpm at 60 mph.

And when R&T evaluated the GS-T in '98 they got 3100 rpm at 60 mph which is consistent with what I see in my 99 GS-T. (August, '98 issue)

 

[pitbull419]

So 3k rpm for 70mph is norm for dsm? WTF

How long can you do that before it becomes bad for the engine?

Alot of cars are around 3000rpm give or take at 60-70mph in the final drive gear.
My 1g awd is at around 2700 and my truck is around 2800

 

[tqmx1]

So 3k rpm for 70mph is norm for dsm? WTF

How long can you do that before it becomes bad for the engine?

Our 91 TSI 181K and still ticking on a bone stock bottom end.

 

[Defiant]

So 3k rpm for 70mph is norm for dsm? WTF

How long can you do that before it becomes bad for the engine?

It's not bad for the engine. That's a moderate cruising speed for a two-liter.

 

[ed1380]

thanks.

coming from owning only trucks this was very weird. I'm used to ~2K rpm for 60, but that's a 4speed 6 litter. I though getting an extra gear would actually make it lower

 

[TunaTalon]

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

True only for a 1G DSM, the 2Gs have a lock up torque converter.