Tarnoth

Ok, i am still a bit new at posting stuff here, so forgive the noobish questions.


I have a '93 prelude VTEC and i have had comments by a few friends about my rpms. Normally i stick it in 5th on the freeway and just cruise and my buddy noticed that i was doing 75 mph at about 4k rpm and said that was unusually high. Now i don't know a think about gearing or anything like that. I just bought the car like this. Is this high for this make? And if so, what would be causeing it to be so much higher?

G_Loc

Sounds about right

What cars do they drive? My domestic driving friends were always in shock at those crazy high RPMs on the highway

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Tarnoth

The part that was really concerning me is one of thoes people telling me it was high was my boss at work. Hes got a 5th gen, but auto, and he was telling me it was definatly too high. My father was another and yes hes a Chevy/domestic guy.

petern101

No it's not high.

It's about right.

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minilogoguy18

the autos got only 4 gears, hes probably revving alot higher than you on the highway, yours is about right.

petern101

^actually having 4 gears means he's probably got a widerspread.

It doesn't translate exactly to only having the manual 4 gears.

Auto preludes are about the same with 4 gears as manual 5 gears. Why do you think they're slower? For the same power they just have worse gearing which is why before, manuals were always faster / more economical.

Nowadays with 7 spd auto trannies, manuals are the thing of the past.

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minilogoguy18

nothing will still transfer power better than a true manual, i dont think i could ever be happy with an automatic car unless im like super old. i saw this video where they tested the evo X vs the new STi and the evos auto tranny proved it to be a good deal slower.