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Originally Posted by Sporty Modder
My celica wont go below 45 mph, 1200 rpms without lugging. My old maxima would do 25mph 800 rpms in 5th no problem, drove 300mi in 5th even going through several towns.
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I am so jealous, my 5th gear is 2300rpm at 45mph (radar speed detectors tell me I'm always going slower than indicated) :/ Perfect for going 30-45mph, anything higher it starts making a huge racket.
I can give the throttle the tiniest amount of pressure in 5th and hold 25mph like that, but if I move my foot just a tiny bit more it starts buzzing and shaking. I'm not totally sure whether this is better than running it in 4th gear, I guess it's something that I'll have to check when my OBD scanner comes in the mail.
At 1000rpm my 1ZZ will vibrate at any throttle input level, at 1200 it accepts the tiniest amount of throttle input without making noise, at 1400 it will buzz a little at high throttle openings, and a little past 1500 it doesn't complain audibly, but the torque is really crappy. At 2000rpm I can feel the available torque increasing by a noticable amount.