Mph at rpm?
Mph at rpm?
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big_treacle

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

289 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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Hi all,
My speedo is playing up and I gotta drive home from work later. Can anyone give me some numbers for rpm in a given gear so I don't get clocked on the speed cameras? i.e. 30mph is xRPM in 2nd...

Cheers

Alexdaredevilz

5,697 posts

208 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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Sat nav?

Or you can get very good apps now with speedos

dbv8

8,676 posts

249 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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Or follow the right car.

BMW 5 series, steady 77 mph in the fast lane whether the 2nd lane is free or not.

Lady driver, steady 68 in the middle lane whether the first lane is free or not.

Battered Peugeot diesel estate, trying to maintain 99 in whatever lane is available.... oops that will be me then

LooneyTunes

9,381 posts

187 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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No idea what size wheels/tyres you've got, but in the absence of a direct answer, does this help?

Car speed calculator


From the Cerb manual online:
LSD 3.45

1st 2.95
2nd 1.95
3rd 1.34
4th 1
5th 0.73

Bang in your tyre size, set max rpm to 1000, and it should output KM/1000 rpm for each gear. Multiply through by 0.62137 to get MPH.

big_treacle

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

289 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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LooneyTunes said:
No idea what size wheels/tyres you've got, but in the absence of a direct answer, does this help?

Car speed calculator


From the Cerb manual online:
LSD 3.45

1st 2.95
2nd 1.95
3rd 1.34
4th 1
5th 0.73

Bang in your tyre size, set max rpm to 1000, and it should output KM/1000 rpm for each gear. Multiply through by 0.62137 to get MPH.
Cheers! i get 3000rpm for 30mph in 2nd roughly. Sounds about right to me. I'll try and stick behind someone else, but knowing sods law I'll just end up with noone to follow!

spongy

2,236 posts

190 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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8000 revs=195 mph in 5th

fatjon

2,299 posts

242 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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1800 is 30 in 3rd

yup, my speedo packed in for a while..


gruffalo

8,150 posts

255 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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fatjon said:
1800 is 30 in 3rd

yup, my speedo packed in for a while..
Packed in for a while?

Does that mean it fixed itself as these cars seem to sometimes?

fatjon

2,299 posts

242 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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not this time, hand in pocket for a new sensor

Gazzab

21,638 posts

311 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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7000 in 1st is 60 mph I think but I have a different set up.