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What rev's your PETROL car doing at 120 kmph?

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  • #62
    cabrwab
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cabrwab


    between 3500 and 3750 @120Kph
    There or there abouts!
    Never really pay much of an attention.

    05 Mazda 3 1.4


  • #63
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭jayok


    About 2200 RPM at 120 km/hr. BMW 325.


  • #64
    PaddyTheNth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭PaddyTheNth


    The Real B-man wrote: »
    Seat Ibiza 1.2 3Pot 4000 rpm
    Seat Ibiza 1.4 - 3500 rpm.


  • #65
    Kersh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭Kersh


    !997 Jaguar XK8, Auto, 4.0 V8 - in 5th at 120kph its doing exactly 2000 rpm. Barely ticking over. :)

    1976 Ferrari 308 GTB, 3.0 V8 - in 5th at 120kph its doing 3800ish . .


  • #66
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    unkel wrote: »
    My 928 is still in 3rd at 200km/h if I press my foot down hard enough :D

    Noice :p


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  • #67
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Volvo S80 T6 - smidge under 2000RPM @ 120KPH. Only 4 gears LOL, pulls about 84 in 2nd before it changes up to third. Cant remember what it pulls at the top of third and I'll need a pretty clear road to find out, its well past 200 for sure.


  • #68
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,045 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • #69
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    The Real B-man wrote: »
    Seat Ibiza 1.2 3Pot 4000 rpm

    Cheers, saved me from having to check! :D

    Ever notice how its perfectly at 3k rpm at 60mph too?


  • #70
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    01 1.4l focus, approx 3000 rpm.


  • #71
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,293 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    My Corsa B - 1996 has no rev counter at all so I have absolutely no idea. Stupid opel.


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  • #72
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    unkel wrote: »
    My 928 is still in 3rd at 200km/h if I press my foot down hard enough :D

    Is that cos it only has 3 gears?


  • #73
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,536 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    2005 1.6 Nissan Primera..120kph @ 3100


  • #74
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    scudzilla wrote: »
    04 Focus 1.4 - Still tryin to get there

    Finally got there, a few days later but damn, the ride was worth it

    04 Focus 1.4 - 3,200 (Feelin all proud of me car now :D:D)


  • #75
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 17,115 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    2200 in 6th (auto). 3.0L petrol.


  • #76
    nialler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭nialler


    00 S320 petrol around 2700rpm at 120kph, peugot 206 off the scale doesn't get to 120kph to easily.


  • #77
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Actually had a look today. 2800 at 120 km/h or 2600 at 70 mph. 1.3L Civic IMA


  • #78
    dunsandin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭dunsandin


    Skoda Octavia. 120 kph, engine just idling. There is nothing a skoda cant do.


  • #79
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,766 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    JHMEG wrote: »
    Is that cos it only has 3 gears?

    LOL, someone was gonna ask me that. It's a 4-speed ZF autobox (same box as the one used in the W126 Mercedes S-class of the 80s) and according to the manual, it changes from 3rd to 4th gear at 199km/h. So I was exaggerating slightly for dramatic effect, although the indicated speed is just above 200km/h. I have tried it :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #80
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    unkel wrote: »
    LOL, someone was gonna ask me that. It's a 4-speed ZF autobox (same box as the one used in the W126 Mercedes S-class of the 80s) and according to the manual, it changes from 3rd to 4th gear at 199km/h. So I was exaggerating slightly for dramatic effect, although the indicated speed is just above 200km/h. I have tried it :)

    I was only trying to wind you up anyway ;)


  • #81
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,766 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    JHMEG wrote: »
    I was only trying to wind you up anyway ;)

    Well you had a good point ;)

    The first series 928 (mine's a second series) indeed had a 3-speed autobox. And the vast majority of 928s ever sold were auto (3 or 4 speed) and not the manual 5 speed.

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



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  • #82
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    Corsa 1 litre- touchin on 4k rpm.


  • #83
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    unkel wrote: »
    Well you had a good point ;)

    The first series 928 (mine's a second series) indeed had a 3-speed autobox. And the vast majority of 928s ever sold were auto (3 or 4 speed) and not the manual 5 speed.

    You sure that's not a 3 speed + overdrive in the 2nd series? ;)


  • #84
    bladebrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    citroen saxo 1.1
    just over 3500rpm at 120, it struggles a bit with the uphill bits on the m8 though:)


  • #85
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    what do I win?


  • #86
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,766 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Absurdum wrote: »
    what do I win?

    Meh. Anyone can take their foot off the accelerator ;)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #87
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    unkel wrote: »
    Meh. Anyone can take their foot off the accelerator ;)

    I did cuz it was on cruise control (two green lights on bottom right) :P


  • #88
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,766 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Absurdum wrote: »
    I did cuz it was on cruise control (two green lights on bottom right) :P

    Very nice :D

    BTW you weren't going downhill now, were you? :p

    What car is it? No offence but the dash doesn't look like it belongs to one of the class topping cars on this thread in terms of low rpms at 120km/h - mostly V8 petrols ;):D

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #89
    rain on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭rain on


    About 3800 I think, somewhere in the upper 3000s anyway. 1.4 Skoda Fabia, 5 gears.
    The engine starts sounding a bit strained at 80mph exactly so it's handy for keeping to speed limits, if I moved to Germany I'd be sickened with it.


  • #90
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    unkel wrote: »
    Very nice :D

    BTW you weren't going downhill now, were you? :p

    What car is it? No offence but the dash doesn't look like it belongs to one of the class topping cars on this thread in terms of low rpms at 120km/h - mostly V8 petrols ;):D

    Nissan Murano...3.5 V6


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  • #91
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    320i
    3500rpm


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