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Recommended RPM's
I've got a 95 RS with 125,000 and I'm taking a six hour drive up to San Francisco in a couple weeks and I'd like to know what a safe upper RPM to maintain for long distance driving would be. Long distance being anything over an hour; safe = an RPM that won't cause undue stress or wear to my engine even on everyday drives. Thanks for you help!
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well if its on the highway and you dont plan to speed. just cruise at 70mph in 5th gear which would be around 3500 rpms.
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Ummm...lemme rephrase this...
Basically what I'm asking is how fast can I speed on the whole drive up to San Francisco...:D without having to worry about hurting my Teg.
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thats an odd question. just cruise in your top gear at 70-75mph. thats about 3.5k?
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3500 rpm's in fifth is runnin a steady 80mph for me...I can live with that...
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i cruise at 80-90 mph which is somewhere like 3500-4500k on my gsr and its fine
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i would say dont keep it over 4k's while on long drives i mean its not like you are in a hurry or something ya know
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and also you got more time then you got money i would think anyhow
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I've driven my 95 GSR and 91 LS for a few hours at a time at 80-90mph with no problem. You aren't going to hurt your car unless you are going crazy fast or in too low of a gear.
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On my way home from work, I set my cruise @ 90 in 5th gear. That keeps me with the flow of traffic. No problems here.
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