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Offline mck684

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what are your revs???
« on: 17 October 2006, 01:35 »
HI,  I have an N reg mk3 8v GTI ,What is the rev count on your golf at 70 mph in fifth, mines around 3400rpm and it seams to scream when im doing 90 at 4400rpm not comfy cruisin atall, whats yours like? all models please. I want to upgrade to a 16v in the hope it will be a little more refined.

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« Last Edit: 17 October 2006, 16:44 by mck684 »
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #1 on: 17 October 2006, 12:43 »
Mines a 16 valve and at 4000 rpm I'm doing approx 90 mph.

Approx 500 revs for every 10 mph is what I get. So 80 mph is 3500 rpm

4500 rpm = 100 mph.

Those are rough as wind and downhills give variations.
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #2 on: 17 October 2006, 19:02 »
my 95 8v does bang on 3k at  70 mph . 

not sure about higher speeds as thats as fast as the law allows me to go.   :tongue:

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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #3 on: 17 October 2006, 21:14 »
my '97 1.6 AEE does the same - 3k at 70mph
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #4 on: 17 October 2006, 22:21 »
My 95 ady engine 8v does about 3000 at 70mph and 5000 at a tonne!!! on a private airfield (called the m62) of course :lipsrsealed:
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #5 on: 18 October 2006, 00:22 »
mines an AGG unit, were different gearboxes available then because all these posts seem to say that at 70 mph its 3000 rpm and then from what ive gathered its about another 500 rpm per 10 mph, so why is mine so low geared???  :angry:
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #6 on: 18 October 2006, 11:31 »
are you on standard size wheels and tyres?

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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #7 on: 18 October 2006, 23:51 »
yeah the standard 9 spoke alloys and the correct tyres, i dont get it? :undecided:
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #8 on: 19 October 2006, 11:08 »
Most of these depend on the gear ratio's and the diffs final drive ratio.
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Re: what are your revs???
« Reply #9 on: 31 October 2006, 22:52 »
Most of these depend on the gear ratio's and the diffs final drive ratio.

As Len says, its down to gearbox really... can't rem ratios exactly or how to work out, but think in 5th it should be 23.3mph/1k revs.