Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by kender
Rpms affect mileage more than speed/ make it so your tranny will do 80mph while ypur motor is at 2k rpms and you'll se your mileage soar. on the contrary do 8k rpms while cruising 60mph and see how shitty it gets. what we need is a "cruising gear that has little Tq but handles the rpms as stated above.
I'm turning 1750rpm at 80mph in 6th. At 50mph I'm just a hair over idle. Everything runs cooler and extends engine life ten-fold. I laugh at these guys cruising at 4K. I guess they always want to be "at the ready" in case some action happens.
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