cruising revs ?
I was sitting in my friends auto car and I noticed that if he was crusing on straight roads the rev needle will only be like 1300-1500 rpm and it shifts at like 2200 rpm
but when I cruise at less than 2000rpm on my car (its a stick) i feel like theres more vibration... kinda like just when u approach stalling when the engine is really weak, kinda like that... am I not supposed to cruise around 1500 rpm? if so how come an auto car can do taht without the same vibration happeneing? |
Hmm, this is a great post.
Your saying his auto crusies at below 2k rpm, how fast are you going , like 15 mph cause that is really low. Your car shouldnt feel like its stalling out anytime when moving. |
you and your friend both drive the same car with the same engine right? otherwise your comparison is useless.
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what kinda car? engine? my friend has a 1990 Q45, its a V8, or V6. his car cruises around too and like never goes over 3rpms. This is because he has a huge ass engine i supposed and it doesnt need to rev all high to get the same power as our 4 bangers. see what im sayin? just a thought....
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His car is geared for highway crusing, hence the low rpm. It will help that big gas sucker engine of his to get decent gas mileage.
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his car is ford focus zx3 .... very similar engine. 130hp too.
at a constant speed of about 35mph on a flat straight road the revs were about 1500rpm |
not to mention you are comparing an AUTO to a stick....its apples and oranges....they are not the same.....his auto doesn't have 5 gears....your stick does......his auto allows SLIP in the torque converter...your stick/clutch does NOT.....its just not the same.....you can't truely compare the two.
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o! ic.....
thanks for clearing things up :D |
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