Are My Revs Correct

[mattstheone]

Hello can someone help i have noticed that when doing 70-80 mph

on the motorway IS200 Sport is reving at around 3500 rpm in 6th gear

is this correct as i was driving a 1.9tdi Renault Laguna for a friend

the other day and that was reving at 2500 rpm in 6th gear (4Cyl)

As my Lexus has a 2.0 Engine and is 6cyl i would have thought the revs would be lower.

when my car is idling it is around 800rpm so i dont thing the clock is faulty

sorry but not to technicaly minded can someone help

Thanks Matt

[BESTY]

sounds about right mate,they do rev quite high,your idle is spot on. :)

at 132 mph the revs are just under red,try that. .

oh and welcome to the club :winky:

[mattstheone]

will do when i get the other 6 points removed from my licence

for speeding

Thanks for the speedy response

[AltezzaScott]

Diesels aren`t meant to rev high... thats one of the reasons they are so good on Juice...

[LexusIs200Sport]

Ive got a IS200 Sport '02' and at 3000rpm my speed is about 64mph, i drove a IS300 the other day and at 3000rpm i was doing about 80mph !

By the way clocks show the max speedo limit on the IS200 is 140mph, and the IS300 has 160mph

[Steve]

my GS is 80mph at 3000 (3 ltr)

soarer TT was 70 at 3000 (2.5 Ltr)

[AltezzaScott]

Ive got a IS200 Sport '02' and at 3000rpm my speed is about 64mph, i drove a IS300 the other day and at 3000rpm i was doing about 80mph !

By the way clocks show the max speedo limit on the IS200 is 140mph, and the IS300 has 160mph

Altezza shows 180!!! :D :D

Although this was originally meant to be in KM`s.... still looks gos when people gaze at the clock set!!

[Kremmen]

Ive got a IS200 Sport '02' and at 3000rpm my speed is about 64mph

I haven't got the exact figures but my 200 Auto is doing 70mph at about 3000 rpm.

I'll check it out later.

[javadude]

6th gear seems to more about getting you from 95 to 130 as quick as possible not for low fuel economy (from my track experience ). any more technical opinions on this?

[kev dood]

5th and 6th is very closely spaced in terms of ratio. The rev difference between the 2 is not much.

I thought 6th was basically designed as a motorway gear, not great at anything except lowering the revs a little. They probably could't space it out too much otherwise there would be even less power to overtake etc. Hence it not really being an overdrive.

IS200 has problem that all the power and torque is about the 4k mark!!

[mattstheone]

thanks everyone i will re check my data on the motoway tomorrow

but as all the motorway near me M42 junc 3a-5 is at 50 mph

usual road works

i will try the M6

Matt

[LexusIs200Sport]

Could do with a 7th gear to reduce those revs and reduce high rev cabin noise at speeds around the 70mph mark !

[Kremmen]

Right then :

Wound it up to exactly 70mph and the rev counter was one notch under the 3.

I therefore submit that mine does 2750rpm @ 70mph your honour :)