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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Random Chit Chat => Topic started by: steffanko on April 06, 2010, 10:03:57

Title: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: steffanko on April 06, 2010, 10:03:57: Hi!

I just got back from my first open-road trip with my new i30 with 1.4DOHC engine.

I have noticed that it turns on high rpm... At speed of 120km/h in fifth gear, its at about 4000rpm. Is this normal???

Before i30 i drove Lada 111 with 1.5l 75bhp engine and Chevrolet Aveo with 1.4l 95bhp engine, and they both were spinning at about 3200rpm at speed of 120km/h in fifth gear...
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: 2i30s on April 06, 2010, 10:29:29: i cant help you ,both our engines are 2.0 petrol engines. there are others that have the 1.4,someone will help you. :razz:
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: steffanko on April 06, 2010, 10:37:41: Hahahah, thanks anyway mate!
By the way, as I can see from your profile pic you have both hatch and cw, are there any performance differences betwean those two, due to lenght and weight differences?
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: 2i30s on April 06, 2010, 10:55:51: the cw is an automatic and my hatch is a manual,the cw from memory is about 100/120kgs heavier than the hatch.
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: bumpkin on April 06, 2010, 11:31:05: I have the 1.6 petrol and that sounds about the same.
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: asathorny on April 06, 2010, 15:48:56: Can't help you with the question, but I am sure you'll be happy with the car.... I am a new guy on the block and I am absolutely over the moon with my new i30... I came here from the Toyota stable, I am very glad to be here.

Asa
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: moxey on April 06, 2010, 15:56:58: Hi at about 60mph my 1.4 is doing roughly 3000rpm hope this helps.
I had a fiesta prior to my i30 and it was a 1.4 and it was roughly the same.
sorry its not in km/h but i cannae work that out as i am not too bright :'(
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: steffanko on April 06, 2010, 16:17:48: Thanks for reply people.

60 miles per hour is precisely 96.56 kilometers per hour.

I will try tonight to hit exactly 96.56 and see what happens!!! :lol:
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: diablo on April 06, 2010, 16:31:02: My 1.4 does 4000 rpm at 80 mph in fifth, which is 128.74 kph, so I suspect yours has a higher gear ratio - or one of us has a duff speedo. :puzzled:

The engine sounds fine at that speed so it doesn't bother me. :)
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: Nick Riffed on April 06, 2010, 16:46:55: I can't help either. I've changed up into 6th by that point in my 1.6 CRDi.. Unless I chasing BMW's of course. :lol:
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: tub on April 10, 2010, 21:53:44: i have a 2,0l and at 120 engine are a 3500
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: SRT Metro on April 11, 2010, 10:29:32: I can't help either...
In my 2,0 CRDi CW... 2250 rpm at 120km/h. 6 gear.
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: dani on April 11, 2010, 17:17:18: Quote from: steffanko on April 06, 2010, 10:03:57
Hi!
I just got back from my first open-road trip with my new i30 with 1.4DOHC engine.
I have noticed that it turns on high rpm... At speed of 120km/h in fifth gear, its at about 4000rpm. Is this normal???
Before i30 i drove Lada 111 with 1.5l 75bhp engine and Chevrolet Aveo with 1.4l 95bhp engine, and they both were spinning at about 3200rpm at speed of 120km/h in fifth gear...
It's normal for his engine. It's only 1,4. I drove a KIA C`eed with the same engine and you can drive till 160km/h, after that is so ......
I have 1,6 CRDI and it's so different, from 1,4DOHC.

Pozdravi ot Sofia
Title: Re: RPM vs KM/H
Post by: steffanko on April 14, 2010, 10:03:35: Diesel engines have lower rpm's, so they can't be compared to petrols...

I remember reading one review of Porsche Cayenne with diesel engine, and they sad that only different thing compared to petrol Cayenne was when you look at rpm's they are like cuted for 1/3. :-)