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Old 12-09-2012, 07:04 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
I think the last car I woned that revved that high at that speed was an 82 280ZX Turbo with an automatic tranny. Needed a 5 speed badly with a 3.54 rear axle ratio and a .75 OD 5th.

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Sadly, Toyota was making cars that revved that high up till 2005. Celica/MR2 Spyder equipped C56 transmissions do exactly what Ecky's car is doing, and they do so with a long stroke 1ZZ-FE too (HIGH friction at high rpm, BSFC goes up dramatically after 3500). Needless to say, I am content to cruise at 55mph while everyone blasts past me. I'd guess that 2/3 minimum of the fuel is going towards spinning the engine alone, afterall I can roll around with only 22% load on the engine in 5th at 25mph, and idle is 18%.

Ecky's transmission has it good, he has an 8200rpm rev limit and he uses less than half of it at 70mph on the highway! My 6700rpm rev limit is half used up at 70mph.
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