tbill wrote: > > > > > You're partly right: It DOES SEEM like a little too much. > > > > But it isn't. 3800-3900 in my automatic nets me 65 MPH and finds me > > wishing for an overdrive - but the torque probably isn't there. > > > > -Blaine Which would be about 59rpm/mph or 592 rpm/10mph > > That means I'm turning 5000+ rpm at 83 mph! Yikes! Nope...it means that, barring slippage, you're turning < 5000rpm (about 4900). Regardless, I wouldn't make a habit of all-day travel with a fully laden auto Westfalia at close to redline revs.
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