The owner's manual for my 1984 auto trans says that after the initial 900 mile break-in period, one should not exceed 33 mph in 1st, 54 mph in second, and gives "top speed" as the limit for Drive. Same as the '89 you gave the specs for. On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 19:02 -0400, David Beierl wrote: > At 04:37 PM 6/6/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote: > >Thanks for the correlation between RPM and speed in 2nd. 50 MPH = > >~4200 RPM. I could probably chart that and figure out what's going > >on. It does make me a little more comfortable with the hill thing. > > It varies considerably with the grade, of course. > > The published never-exceeds for the '89 are 33 mph in first and 54 > mph in second ( owner's manual page 30). 1.9l ought to be > similar. The engine redline is 5200 rpm and the limiter will kick in > at that speed; however the owner's manual mentions that rpm only in > connection with the manual transmission, and refers you back to page > 30 for the auto-trans limits. > > What exactly that means depends how you parse it and how careful they > were writing the book. But I think they specifically disclaim the > engine redline because they don't want you to think you can go > zooming down the hill at 60 mph and 4000 rpm or whatever in second. > > Somebody here has an owner's manual for 1.9l. After all, everyone > who sinks $16k-plus into a vehicle (what my old '84 Westy cost the > first owners, only option was $500 for stereo wiring) just naturally > reads that book cover to cover and cherishes it. </sarcasm> > > Yours, > David |
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