whats the slowest RPM you can hold/top gear?

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by undata

2000 rpm in fifth gear, or any gear. My definition of lugging is going below 2k rpm.

What kind of mileage are you getting? The proof is in the results. Except in a few rare cases, 2000 rpm is my MAX. My results speak for themselves.

Originally Posted by undata

By the time the thing bucks you have already been lugging in my book. If you are bicycle rider you know how this feels in your connecting rods (knees), it's not good for the hardware.

My car has 196,000 miles and still going strong. It's a machine, not a human.

[UltArc]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

What kind of mileage are you getting? The proof is in the results. Except in a few rare cases, 2000 rpm is my MAX. My results speak for themselves.


My car has 196,000 miles and still going strong. It's a machine, not a human.

I think he is thinking of it like the concept with high performance cars. Such as a Nascar engine. They swap out every few races because almost max RPMs for so long. I understand the point of a car out of its comfortzone can be bad, but running a car low (600 rpm? Lol) can not be nearly as bad as pushing a car hard.

[arcosine]

At 2000 rpm my Saturn single cam 1.9L 4 cylinder gasoline engine is cruising at 62 mph (100 kph) 20 mph is as slow as reasonable, that's about 640 rpm. It would be nice if is had another gear to bring it down to 1700 rpm or so at 100 kph