Bugeye owners...5th gear RPMs on freeway
01-10-2011, 02:29 PM
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Not a bugeye owner, but a driver of an Outback 5MT.
At 65MPH, already around 3000RPM!
At 80-ish MPH, a bit past 4000RPM.
At 90MPH, I think I'm hovering below 5000RPM? Can't remember...
But mine is a different story, since the rear diff on Outbacks and Foresters have slightly lower gearing for off-road purposes.
At 65MPH, already around 3000RPM!
At 80-ish MPH, a bit past 4000RPM.
At 90MPH, I think I'm hovering below 5000RPM? Can't remember...
But mine is a different story, since the rear diff on Outbacks and Foresters have slightly lower gearing for off-road purposes.
If you were spinning 5000 @ 90 you would have to have 3611 at 65.
With an RA gear set in a 5sp 02WRX I spin at what looks to be about 3100 @65 mph
01-10-2011, 02:35 PM
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but come to think of it.. the 08 block was a bit different from the 09. The 09 got the nitrate crank treatment so who knows.. as far as the bits and pieces inside my 02 case to make it all work? you'll have to ask paul about that cause i have no idea.
01-10-2011, 07:27 PM
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Actually I think we are narrowing in- for a WRX of that era, the stock 5 speed works out to about 40rpm/mph, for the close ratio set it is more like 47.6rpm/mph.
So whatever speed you want to know, multiply by 40 and that is roughly what the stock 5 speed motor (with that Tranny/Diff/tire set up) should be spinning in top gear.
So whatever speed you want to know, multiply by 40 and that is roughly what the stock 5 speed motor (with that Tranny/Diff/tire set up) should be spinning in top gear.
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