R34 Owners, What Rpm At 100km/h?

[SS8_Gohan]

hey all,

long time owner, new time driver - so just making sure my car is going ok and everything...

Just wondering what other manual, turbo, R34 owners cars are revving at when doing 100kph?

My car seems to be around 2700 - 2800rpm, more 2800rpm... i thought it was a little high??

No modifications at all except splitfire coilpacks...

is this a normal rpm for 100kph?

cheers,

daniel

[jonjon]

hey all,

long time owner, new time driver - so just making sure my car is going ok and everything...

Just wondering what other manual, turbo, R34 owners cars are revving at when doing 100kph?

My car seems to be around 2700 - 2800rpm, more 2800rpm... i thought it was a little high??

No modifications at all except splitfire coilpacks...

is this a normal rpm for 100kph?

cheers,

daniel

that's about right. i've got an r34 gt-t with no mods.

[Daz]

lol depends on which gear your in im guessing gear 5 thats about right

[lingeringsoul]

it is for R33 gtst

[SS8_Gohan]

nah man, this is 2nd gear.... my car go do 350km/hr!

yeah, yeah, 5th gear.... thought it was a little high that's all, 2800rpm..

and on that token... is it silly to use 5th gear when doing 60kph? i'm thinking purely from a fuel economy point of view. in that the less the rpm, the less petrol being used? But wasn't sure how good it was to drive at 60kph in 5th, at about 1700-1800 rpm

[siddr20]

Think it might be ok, if you rollin down a hill or something??

but i usually put it in 5th around 60.. But most of the time i have to shift back to 4th..

I would like to know as well..

[Booya]

Mines Auto and its about 2800 revs at 100Ks

I thought it seemed a little high to but it must be normal as everyone else is the same.

nothing wrong with 5th at 60Ks as long as you aint going up a hill and putting to much strain on the gearbox

[akeenan]

i wouldnt be changing into 5th gear until at least 80km/h

[Mr Italy!]

I read something today about fuel economy. They recon moving to a higher gear as early as possible, and 5th in 60 should be ok. But then its all about gear ratios i guess, so it changes on a vehicle to vehicle basis. I guess.

[sloutch]

It revs at about 2700RPM at 100 for mine.

Yeah i reckon 5th gear in 60km/h is a little too low. At 60km/h, 4th gear is revving at about 2400 if i'm not wrong? That should be fine in terms of fuel consumption

[VB-]

my mates 34 revs at just under 3k from memory too, which i thought seemed a little high too, but i guess not. 5th at 60km/hr might even be worse for fuel econemy, if you've only got very light throttle, then ok, but even on a slight uphill, or accelerating from 60km/hr, then there'd be so much load that you'd use heaps of fuel, where as downshifting and revving a little bit harder while ur closer to the meat of the torqu curve, u will use less fuel. thats the theory side of it that i was taught, probly all a load of sh*t tho lol

[jmac]

i think mine revs @ about 2800 at 100kph too. it does almost exactly 3000 at 120kph. it's a reasonably short diff in the GT-T's huh.

there's probably some way to work it out with diff and gear ratios....

[Modena]

Mines auto R33 and I find that when the car has not warmed up properly it sits on around 2900-3000 RPM, once it has warmed up it drops to as far as 2,600 RPM.

[sloutch]

Ok i took the car to the freeway. At 100km/h, it sits on 2600. It's pretty ok IMO.

[DennisRB30]

Mines auto R33 and I find that when the car has not warmed up properly it sits on around 2900-3000 RPM, once it has warmed up it drops to as far as 2,600 RPM.

The revs drop when the torque converter locks up. When driving an auto you should try and notice when the converter locks unlocks and attempt to drive with the converter locked as often as possible, this will lead to very good economy.

Edited May 16, 2006 by DennisRB30

[fuzz_gts25t]

I read something today about fuel economy. They recon moving to a higher gear as early as possible, and 5th in 60 should be ok. But then its all about gear ratios i guess, so it changes on a vehicle to vehicle basis. I guess.

better fuel economy in 5th unless u are trying to accelerate or goin uphill..

[R34NRG]

i only sift up to 5th wen im going 80......i woulda thought 5th gear in 60 puts to much wait on the car.......what revs does it sit on when going 60 in 5th?

these are my shists

2nd at 20kph

3rd at 40kph

4th at 60

5th at 80

thats for cruising.....

we all know what we go up to in other occasions hahaha

Edited May 29, 2006 by anjoO