RPM highest speed in 1st gear

a__s__c · Post by **a__s__c** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:47 am

Just a quick question, i have a 1995 FTO GPX, and my RPM dial doesnt work, so its a bit hard to judge how high i can go in first gear with out screwing something up, generally it starts screaming at 50-60 kz an hour so i cahnge the gear, anyone know what speed there doing in first when it gets to about 7500RPM (before you have to change to 2nd with out redlining it?

Thanks!

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:40 pm

well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:39 pm

get a monster tacho

or apexi rsm

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:19 pm

akuma3 wrote:well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm

Mine said 80kmph when i reach 8200rpm. And yeah get a RSM or SAFC/II. It show you the RPM & Speed.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:31 pm

FTO338 wrote:
akuma3 wrote:well 50-60km/h is MIVEC already so that's 7-8k rpm
Mine said 80kmph when i reach 8200rpm. And yeah get a RSM or SAFC/II. It show you the RPM & Speed.

?! how the hell do you get 80km/s in first gear?! what did you do?!

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:36 pm

I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

d_stroy_r · Post by **d_stroy_r** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:19 pm

My RSM says that i have reached over 11 000 rpm. I don't that right. It says 230 + km/hr, thats right though

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:35 pm

mxysxy wrote:I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

hahaaha yeah i wish, but if you read the other post, i only get 450km in a tank.

But yeah i do have a few mods, so i guess thats how i get 80km at 8200rpm. Like said before i also reached 9200rpm or 9500rpm (can't remember now) & 192kmph on a dyno.

bigpitty1 · Post by **bigpitty1** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:24 pm

+600km out of a tank, I think I done that, because when I picked up my FTO from SVI in brissy it had a full tank and I drove it past rocky on the 1 tank, which is about 600km.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:17 am

i'm getting 600+ kms out of a tank and have been for the past 4-5 fills.

All depends on the type of kms...Kevs doing city driving....I'm on the freeway everyday.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:32 am

FTO338 wrote:
mxysxy wrote:I reckon your car does 600+ kms with a full tank as well Kev?

hahaaha yeah i wish, but if you read the other post, i only get 450km in a tank.

But yeah i do have a few mods, so i guess thats how i get 80km at 8200rpm. Like said before i also reached 9200rpm or 9500rpm (can't remember now) & 192kmph on a dyno.

NICE! Tell me what sort of mod you did, i want my first gear to goto 80kms too!!!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:44 pm

i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:31 pm

FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.

and the topic for me do a search is?

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:20 pm

I've got a stock engine and it usually gets to around 75km/h before the auto computer shifts.

I gotta weird question actually...........apparently the tip boxes shift automatically when you get to redline even when you're in tip mode. That's what I heard anyway. Mine doesn't do that and will actually let me redline. Any idea why?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:11 pm

akuma3 wrote:
FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.
and the topic for me do a search is?

Try my user name

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:49 pm

FTO338 wrote:
akuma3 wrote:
FTO338 wrote:i've post it around few times already, so it shouldn't be hard to find the list.

I might have change few things here & there since then, but nothing major.
and the topic for me do a search is?
Try my user name

dammit the search function is not working the way i want it to ... no match ... or am i just not using it properly

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:04 pm

but kev you probably have written like 1000 posts haha

cb · Post by cb » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:46 pm

80kms in first gear

wow thats half amazing I pull like 60kms or so nearly not quite but close to 110km in 2nd

Post by **Supplanter** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:48 pm

Nacho wrote:I've got a stock engine and it usually gets to around 75km/h before the auto computer shifts.

I gotta weird question actually...........apparently the tip boxes shift automatically when you get to redline even when you're in tip mode. That's what I heard anyway. Mine doesn't do that and will actually let me redline. Any idea why?

Nope, it definitely bounces of the rev limiter (which can be a bit embarassing

)

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:33 am

cant u change your gear ratios so you get different redlines in every gear than standard...
like change your gear ratios so your max speed is reduced... but ull acclerate faster

or change your gear ratios so you get a crazy top speed but it'll sacrifice acceleration and take sometime to get there?