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Originally Posted by DoNtGeTdUnNuP
well if you guys are all so ****** smart.. why doesnt 5th gear have power to get me past 100 easily if the rpms arent that low..
Your engine does not make 147 horsepower (yes, I know, higher than rated, but that is the way the math worked on my crude estimate) until probably 6000 RPM. So, unless you are spinning the motor that fast, you won't have enough power to get to the actual top speed of the vehicle.
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im not totally positive cuz i wasnt staring at the rpm guage the whole time, but i really think that 3500rpm's is a bit underestimated considering they are around 2500 when im going 60ish in 5th gear.. it just doesnt make sense to me that there is no force to push the car in 5th gear
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Originally Posted by DoNtGeTdUnNuP
it just doesnt make sense to me that there is no force to push the car in 5th gear
RPM that 5th gear gives you at 100 MPH. If you spin if faster (using 4th), your engine puts out more horsepower at the same speed and it will go faster.
Somebody please post a dyno chart so he can see how the motor puts out more power at higher RPM's
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listen to olddude he is right....our cars dont produce enough power at low rpms in 5th to pull against the wind around that speed....just drop to 4th so it puts u back in the powerband and it will go past 98mph
listen to olddude he is right....our cars dont produce enough power at low rpms in 5th to pull against the wind around that speed....just drop to 4th so it puts u back in the powerband and it will go past 98mph
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Today I was racing a 240sx on the interstate and i was pushing the 105 limit as i have done before and it did the die down-pick up one time then it started gaining speed again and i got it up near 110 and there was some wierd smell, dont know if it was my car or the surrounding because it didnt smell mechanical. does anyone know of this happening and if so how did it happen?
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