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Originally Posted by Daschicken
http://owners.honda.com/vehicles/information/2004/Civic-Sedan/specs#mid^ES2674MW
For that one, I used owners.honda.com. Select vehicle info in the top left corner, and you can get specs for each trim level. I usually use cars.com though. You can select research cars, pick the trim level and scroll down to specifications.
From there I use the Engine RPM calculator from CSGNetwork, scroll all the way down so you can use the calculator with four variables specified: Axle ratio, tire height, speed, and gear ratio. Once upon a time I did tire height calculations manually, but now I just use tiresize.com 's tire height calculator.
Now do me a favor and find me the secret source for figuring out motorcycle gear ratios!  |
Ah yes I used that but those tools don't seem to take into consideration gears...like you know how an automatic will shift from, say, 3rd gear to 4th at 40 MPH, so the RPMs are lower at 40 than 39...the tool just linearly increases the RPMs. Or am I just missing something here?