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

.Longshanks.

This statement (from here) got me thinking;

MagicMarker wrote: »

My car averages 4k on the m50 in 5th gear! It's a piece of **** so I don't put the foot down too often for fear of embarrassing myself.

So who has the lowest, and highest revving car at 120kmph? Im ruling out the cars on the black stuff as they traditionally run at lower rev's.

I'll start;

- Opel Corsa 1.6 (6 speed) 3050 rpm (approx )

Berty

All 5 Speeds.

04 Micra 1.0 5500RPM

04 Megane 1.4 5000RPM

08 S40 Biofuel 1.8 4500RPM

Last Diesel Car. I didn't even look.

The megane was hitting 5800RPM or so when it was doing 180kph.

Rovi

03 Audi RS6 4.2 (5 speed) - 2400rpm

scudzilla

04 Focus 1.4 - Still tryin to get there

michael999999

4000 at 120kph

.Longshanks.

michael999999 wrote: »

4000 at 120kph

car, engine size and number of gears required

guil

05 focus 1.4 5 speed think it does about 4000

Midnight_EG

Honda Civic, 1.3, 120kph in 5th gear @ 4500


Wait....no....3500

hurleronditch

Alfa 147 1.6
5th gear, just under 3800

Quite oddly (and handily) In 5th gear the revs and MPH match each other almost exactly on a 50:1 ratio, so i know 60 is exactly 3000, 80 4000 etc

1994 520i, iirc it's 3500rpm at 120kmh :rolleyes:

SV

2800 revs at 120km/h.

Renault Clio. 5 speed.

Drummerboy08

guil wrote: »

05 focus 1.4 5 speed think it does about 4000

Yours must be sick then cos mine hits it around 3500rpm. 1.4 Focus 5 speed.

Bodhan

Seat Leon 1.6 06
4th gear 4500rpm @ 120kph
5th gear 3400rpm @ 120kph

Audi engine, 'tis fun

.Longshanks.

SV wrote: »

2800 revs at 120km/h.

Renault Clio. 5 speed.

Thats surprises me! Didn't think the 172 was so long geared.

SV

Longshanks100 wrote: »

Thats surprises me! Didn't think the 172 was so long geared.

Aye..well it's a bit all over the place..

1st gear is very short, 2nd short, 3rd gets quite long (110mph) and 4th brings it to top speed, 5th cruises along but will only reach about 130mph

Cookie_Monster

I dunno, tend not to look at the rev counter while passing by 120 :pac:

tooler7

Honda Prelude 3500rpm
Mazda 323 doesnt have a feckin rev counter (piece of sh*t)

jaffa20

Think it's about 3,800 or thereabouts. A3 1.6

Absurdum

Nissan Murano 3.5 V6...infinte gear ratios...1900rpm at indicated 120 km/h, about 1950 at GPS-verified 120 km/h

mullingar

2,800 rpm @ 120kph with 5 speed auto-box

1998 Lexus GS300, 3.0 I6

Bobo78

Mazda 6 year 2004 1.8l petrol
120 kph at around 3100 revs in 5 gear.

tooler7

SV wrote: »

2800 revs at 120km/h.

Renault Clio. 5 speed.

Didnt know a 1.2 clio would be reving that low at 120km/h :pac:

Midnight_EG

tooler7 wrote: »

Didnt know a 1.2 clio would be reving that low at 120km/h :pac:

Christ, you're in for a bollocking

Hal1

Focus 1.4 - 3500 @120

SV

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Christ, you're in for a bollocking

lol, I know him.. the bollocks

Midnight_EG

SV wrote: »

lol, I know him.. the bollocks

Oh















Backs away....slowly....

Woodey

Volvo 850 T-5 auto 2,400 @120kmh

JHMEG

3000 in 5th. Civic IMA. Not a particularly economical speed either.

pcardin

I think it's actually depends from type of engine and engine + gearbox combination.

Alfa Romeo 2.0 6-speed 3500rpm
Lancia Kappa 2.0 5-speed 4000rpm
Mercedes-Benz S320 Automatic 2000rpm
Maserati Quattroporte 3.2 V8 Bi-Turbo 6-speed 4000rpm

tooler7

SV wrote: »

lol, I know him.. the bollocks

yeah unfortunately i know him to and his car.....banger

SV

tooler7 wrote: »

yeah unfortunately i know him to and his car.....banger

at least mine is going!

tooler7

ouch!!!!!!!

Henry Ford III

3800rpm. I think. Fiesta Zetec S 2009. Averaging over 37mpg btw, which is pretty decent.

unkel

All my V8s - a bit over 2k r/m (E34 530 3.0l 5sp auto, E38 735 3.5l 5sp auto, Porsche 928 S2 4.7l 4sp auto). Straight 4 1.8l 5 sp manual Rover 75 about 3.2k r/m. Straight 6 2.0l E39 5sp manual about 3.2k r/m. All petrol. All in top gear obviously.

You sure about your Clio, SV? Seems extraordinarily low for a small 4 pot!

SV

unkel wrote: »

You sure about your Clio, SV? Seems extraordinarily low for a small 4 pot!

Just tested and..yup, positive.
If anything maybe 2900

Fishtits

The fun (surge) starts at 4000/100 MPH ish, so guess 3000 and something for 120 Kph? never bothered to look TBH. Curiosity will have me observing tomorrow.

E39 525i

tailgunner

Fiat Punto 1.2, 120km/h in 5th gear... well it doesn't actually have a tachometer but judging from the unholy roar coming from the engine, I reckon it's a few revs short of exploding.

3500 rpm I think, 318ci (1.9).

Matt Simis

Gearbox 6-speed manual
1st gear 4.254 : 1
2nd gear 2.534 : 1
3rd gear 1.682 : 1
4th gear 1.235 : 1
5th gear 1.000 : 1
6th gear 0.831 : 1
Final Drive 2.93

BMW 850CSi 5.6l


Have it all to hand as I was working out what changing to an E36 M3 Evo rear diff (Final Drive 3.23) would do for me.

Tefral

Honda Integra Type R (98) 4650 @ 120km/hr

VTEC engages at 4900RPM in my yoke so its great for keeping me to the speed limit, as after that the fuel guage moves faster than the rev guage

Midnight_EG

cronin_j wrote: »

Honda Integra Type R (98) 4650 @ 120km/hr

I thought you had a DC5 no?

Tefral

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I thought you had a DC5 no?

No dude, DC2

Yakult

4500rpm @ 120kph

sucks lol

Testament1

97 Toyota Levin BZ-R (6 speed). 3500rpm at 120kph. Not too bad i suppose.

SpannerMonkey

2200rpm at 120kph Bmw 645ci

Voodoomelon

BMW 728i 2.8l - 2050rpm approx.

T83

Polo GTI, 1.6, 5 speed, 4,500 - 5,000
Golf GTI 1.8 20VT, 5 speed, 3,500
Aygo, 1.0 3cyl, 5 speed, 3,500

Stoolbend

07 Honda Accord 2.0 petrol - 3300rpm in 5th

mp22

Renault twingo gt 3750

The Real B-man

Seat Ibiza 1.2 3Pot 4000 rpm

jimogr

Ford Focus 1.6 - 3,200