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Engine RPM at 75mph

  • 28-11-2011 5:19pm
    #1
    Woofstuff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 239 ✭✭


    Can people note there typical engine revolution speed at 75mph...

    Im sure im way off with the poll options... and im guessing diesels will be less rpm


    Just wondering how hard the engine is being worked on my motor in comparison to others.


    Mitsubishi Colt 1.1litre about 3500/3600rpm @75mph

    Engine RPM Speed @ 75mph 172 votes

    less than 2000rpm
    0%
    2000-2300rpm
    8%
    CoyotebkehoeBodhanvectraCrowdedHouseTiggerTheBazmanhi5guyfoJustjensTop Dogjamesk_irlokane1aristotle25WestWing 15 votes
    2300-2600rpm
    24%
    DingatronTheFatdavidPadraig MorRedorDeadreb73DutchiePaulKKel diabloAln_Spm.SavmanHenry Ford IIIcrosstownkdamo86dobsdavechallengemasterR.O.Rspank_infernoBlazer 42 votes
    2600-2900rpm
    12%
    Dr_TeethMutzrabbitinlightsRoviJAMM222ongariteMenaJ.R.skelliserturbodieselGERMAN ROCKSSVphp-foxburger1979[Deleted User]pajero12DeepSleeperlavine7IrishZeuspolod 21 votes
    2900-3200rpm
    11%
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    3200-3500rpm
    12%
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    3500-3900rpm
    14%
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    3900rpm and above
    15%
    ZascardeadduckThe Real B-manDilbert75Wolverine_1999T-MaxxVertigo100cjt156HogzyNewApproachcabrwabOSIJoe 90doc crockevanSpiddalLookBehindYouthewintermutejohnners2981Ardennes1944Kcboy 27 votes


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    2600-2900rpm
    That's about right for a small engine to be honest, the 1.4 cars I had were all at 3000rpm at 60mph, 3500rpm at 70/75 ish.


  • #3
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    3500-3900rpm
    Woofstuff wrote: »
    Can people note there typical engine revolution speed at 75mph...

    Just wondering how hard the engine is being worked on my motor in comparison to others.


    Mitsubishi Colt 1.1litre about 3500/3600rpm @75mph

    Higher RPM doesn't mean engine works harder.

    In mine it's about 3400rpm (Mazda 6 2.0 petrol).


  • #4
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    3500-3900rpm
    draffodx wrote: »
    You want people to break the law just so you can make a comparison? biggrin.gif

    To break which law?


  • #5
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    75 miles = 120.7008 kilometers


  • #6
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    2900-3200rpm
    From memory, around 2900-3000 at 120 kmh (Golf 1.9 TDI)


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  • #7
    Kevvv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭Kevvv


    im invisible wrote: »
    75 miles = 120.7008 kilometers

    Dont forget your speedo reads over what your actually doing ;)


  • #8
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    3500-3900rpm
    im invisible wrote: »
    75 miles = 120.7008 kilometers

    All right.
    But you still don't need to break any law to find out what's your RPM at 75MPH.


  • #9
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    2900-3200rpm
    Fairly sure mine is at 2300-2600, then again i have 6 gears :pac:


  • #10
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,626 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    2000-2300rpm
    Not sure. I think bordering 2k or just under.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    2600-2900rpm
    Think mine is less than 2500rpm, dunno really.


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  • #12
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    2900-3200rpm
    RoverJames wrote: »
    Think mine is less than 2500rpm, dunno really.
    Dont you have a petrol ZT? Thats quite low RPM, barely ticking over ;)


  • #13
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    About 4200 or so....


  • #14
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    2000-2300rpm
    A shade under 2000 at 120 km/h, 8th gear


    EDIT - I could legally observe it this morning and it's nearer 1800 rpm

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #15
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    2300-2600rpm
    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    A shade under 2000 at 120 km/h, 8th gear

    You change motor?!?

    Think mines a shade over 2k rpm.


  • #16
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    2000-2300rpm
    EPM wrote: »
    You change motor?!?

    Yea nice conservative 520d :eek:

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #17
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    3100 in a 1.8 mondeo


  • #18
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    Fairly sure mine is at 2300-2600, then again i have 6 gears :pac:
    ...in a Levin?!

    Mine is at about 4300ish


  • #19
    Design_Dude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭Design_Dude


    2900-3200rpm
    about 2800 in megane 1.5dci


  • #20
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    3200-3500rpm
    About 3100, 1.8 Petrol mondeo


  • #21
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    2900-3200rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    ...in a Levin?!

    Mine is at about 4300ish

    No way could it be that high mate :o

    Im just home now and had a look at 100kmph an it was in about 2100rmp :)


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  • #22
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,122 ✭✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    ~4k or so for me in 6th.


  • #23
    db330
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭db330


    2300-2600rpm
    Just over 2000rpm on a flat road in an auto pajero, up hill could hit 2300, r down hill could do 1800,


  • #24
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    No way could it be that high mate :o

    Im just home now and had a look at 100kmph an it was in about 2100rmp :)
    Dude there's no way that your car is doing 75mph (120 mph) at 2100 rpm, it's a 1.6 (fairly) revvy petrol, sure EPM drives a 2.0 Diesel and he's at around 2000. Myself and Gary ITR drive the same car, we ain't both wrong.

    Also, Jimmy bottlehead drives an s2k, a 2L vtec, not a million miles away from my own engine, he has a 6th gear and his is at 4k.


  • #25
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Not too sure.... I'd have to check on the way home, though I'd imagine its about 2400-2500RPM

    Its at 1950rpm @ 100kph though.


  • #26
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    Dude there's no way that your car is doing 75mph (120 mph) at 2100 rpm, it's a 1.6 (fairly) revvy petrol, sure EPM drives a 2.0 Diesel and he's at around 2000. Myself and Gary ITR drive the same car, we ain't both wrong.

    Also, Jimmy bottlehead drives an s2k, a 2L vtec, not a million miles away from my own engine, he has a 6th gear and his is at 4k.

    4k!?! :eek::eek::eek:

    That's nuts lads, especially in a 6 speed car. Y'all must drink savage loads of fuel on a long drive.


  • #27
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    4k!?! :eek::eek::eek:

    That's nuts lads, especially in a 6 speed car. Y'all must drink savage loads of fuel on a long drive.

    Mine only has 5 gears, and yeah it uses a lot of juice at that speed


  • #28
    PaulKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    2300-2600rpm
    Just a touch over 2k in 6th.

    Usually reads about 50mpg at that speed on the flat, E46 320d.


  • #29
    el diablo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,767 ✭✭✭el diablo


    2300-2600rpm
    Just over 2,000 in 6th gear. :)

    Orange pilled.



  • #30
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    Mine only has 5 gears, and yeah it uses a lot of juice at that speed

    Feck that carry on! :eek:

    My own yoke (3.5V8) would be more economical on a long run.


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    2600-2900rpm
    RoverJames wrote: »
    Think mine is less than 2500rpm, dunno really.
    Max Power1 wrote: »
    Dont you have a petrol ZT? Thats quite low RPM, barely ticking over ;)

    Yep, petrol ZT.
    Checked on the way home, wasn't far off earlier, 2400rpm.


  • #32
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Feck that carry on! :eek:

    My own yoke (3.5V8) would be more economical on a long run.

    It's not as bad as you'd think tbh. The car goes all the way to near 9000


  • #33
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    2300-2600rpm
    Gary ITR wrote: »
    It's not as bad as you'd think tbh. The car goes all the way to near 9000

    Any idea what it would cost you on a run say from Galway to Dublin and back?


  • #34
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Any idea what it would cost you on a run say from Galway to Dublin and back?

    I once did Maynooth to Castlebar and back on a tank, so about 400kms (same as dub to galway ish) and to fill it is 45L, so about 65 quids worth of petrol (I'm sure there was a few litres left in the tank too)


  • #35
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    I once did Maynooth to Castlebar and back on a tank, so about 400kms (same as dub to galway ish) and to fill it is 45L, so about 65 quids worth of petrol (I'm sure there was a few litres left in the tank too)

    I can do Galway and back in half a tank, about €60 at todays rates so pretty much the same. Costs me €10 a day to do 12 miles around Dublin though! :cool:


  • #36
    PaulKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    I once did Maynooth to Castlebar and back on a tank, so about 400kms (same as dub to galway ish) and to fill it is 45L, so about 65 quids worth of petrol (I'm sure there was a few litres left in the tank too)

    400km == 250 miles

    45L == 9.9 Gallons.

    250/9.9 = 25mpg.


    LOL.


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  • #37
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    PaulKK wrote: »
    400km == 250 miles

    45L == 9.9 Gallons.

    250/9.9 = 25mpg.


    LOL.

    LOL?! Dude, my record is 27

    And that record was actually achieved in said return trip to castlebar. It was actually 270 miles, twas a rough guess at miles to kms.


  • #38
    PaulKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    LOL?! Dude, my record is 27

    Nice record, mine is 58 ;)

    Sorry, just seems atrociously bad to me. If I was getting that kind of economy I'd be spending a fortune on fuel.


  • #39
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    PaulKK wrote: »
    If I was getting that kind of economy I'd be spending a fortune on fuel.
    ...I do :D
    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Costs me €10 a day to do 12 miles around Dublin though! cool.gif

    When I get put on a job close to home it's sweet, I could get by on 30 quid for the week, generally it costs me about 60 (for mon-fri)


  • #40
    PaulKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭PaulKK


    2300-2600rpm
    Graham_B18C wrote: »
    ...I do :D



    When I get put on a job close to home it's sweet, I could get by on 30 quid for the week, generally it costs me about 60 (for mon-fri)

    60 quid a week is a fortune?

    I spend that in mine, I'm doing about 500 miles a week though ;)


  • #41
    kerten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭kerten


    2900-3200rpm
    Around 2800 rpm in 2.0 cvt primera
    Exact 3500 rpm in e46 320i(2lt 6 pot)
    unknown in vitz 1.0 auto due to lack of tachometer:D


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  • #42
    Graham_B18C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭Graham_B18C


    PaulKK wrote: »
    60 quid a week is a fortune?

    I spend that in mine, I'm doing about 500 miles a week though ;)

    That's my Mon-Fri petrol cost. Weekend will be between 40-60

    Sorry for going OT!


  • #43
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    2000-2300rpm
    1900
    6 speed 2.2 diesel


  • #44
    Chuck_Norris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭Chuck_Norris


    2,490 ish. In 5th in a 1.9 Octavia.


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    2600-2900rpm
    kerten wrote: »
    ............
    Exact 3500 rpm in e46 320i(2lt 6 pot)...............

    Seems a tad high, can't remember what the e34 520i did tbh, might have posted that in a similar thread though...... mmmm to search or not to search..

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=65670053

    3500rpm !!!!
    That was a 1993 e34 though me thinks.


  • #46
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    2300-2600rpm
    At 120km/h it's around 2,000. Citroën C4 1.6 HDi 110bhp in 6th gear.
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  • #47
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    2300-2600rpm
    2050ish if I recall in 5th, 2.8l.


  • #48
    matt70iu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 415 ✭✭matt70iu


    3200-3500rpm
    About 3000rpm 1.8t petrol golf (5 speed)


  • #49
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    2300-2600rpm
    matt70iu wrote: »
    About 3000rpm 1.8t patrol golf (5 speed)

    Nissan? :cool:


  • #50
    Greyfoot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Greyfoot


    3200-3500rpm
    err if memory serves around 6700rpm (redline) in 3rd, somewhere along 4k in 4th and bit less than 3k in 5th.

    E36 325i...


  • #51
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    3900rpm and above
    3600RPM - 156SW 1.8TS


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