Dirtboy

I would be interested to hear from other import owners just to compare, because I think mine is a rare bird. 5th Gear, exactly 3000 revs = 100 Kms (+/_ 62 mph).

barge

about 60 mph

Dan B

93WRX 3K = 62 mph.

Scooby-Doo

I'll have a look tonight but I think its about 40, but then my car does go to 10k rpm

Jolly Green Monster

iTrader: (4)

I know not an Import... but I get 80mph in 5th at 3000rpm..

MY96 UK...

Hence it used less petrol than my mates import..

JGM

Nezz10

4000rpm is almost dead on 100mph, private road obviously

Dunno about 3k though, will look later.

Harry_Boy

3k is (almost) 80mph - MY02 WRX wagon, UK spec.

yoza

I dont rev mine that hard....

tony1979

I tried on the way home and at 62MPH I was on roughly 2.3k revs. At 3k I was doing about 83MPH.

[Edited to say] I have a MY98 UK Turbo - full decat.

[Edited by tony1979 - 2/14/2003 5:36:21 PM]

Flat 4x4

UK 99MY (and 98/97?) is geared to give exactly 24.0mph per 1000rpm

So 3k = a true 72 mph
4k = a true 96 mph

TurboKitty

3k in 5th in my RB5 is around 80mph (indicated).

[Edited by TurboKitty - 2/14/2003 6:06:33 PM]

chrisp

just under the 60 mark about 58/59

logiclee

My MY96 Series McRae would do about 80mph at 3000rpm.

My Alfa 156 Selespeed Veloce does 60mph at 3000rpm.
The Alfa's an import

Lee

[Edited by logiclee - 2/14/2003 8:09:06 PM]

chrisp

Another on for you according to my rolling road printout :

103mph @ 7,600rpm in 4th

JonnyStell@

MY00 UK spec with Blitz induction and dump valve will quite happily sit at 100mph at 4000rpm and in 5th about 80mph at 3000rpm.

But get to 5000rpm in 5th and the scenery passes a bit quicker at 120mph at, get to 6000rpm and your flying at about 140mph!!!!

Oh yeah! cant wait for next time on the M62 over Saddleworth Moor in the middle of the night with no one about.

One of the best stretches of motorway in the country, anyone agree?

tony1979

Probably a bit of a dumb question,but why does the import have a lower speed at 3K than a UK Turbo? Seems like a huge difference in performance at that speed?????

Cheers!!!

P.S. Any anybody else awake?

stephen30

Mines about 70mph at 3k revs in 5th then about another 20mph per 1k revs ie 80 is 3.5k etc. UK 97 Sport.

Steve

Nezz10

Checked it out last night and it was 76mph @ 3000rpm.

Defi VSDII indicated 75mph so thats probably more accurate.

(oh yea, 155mph @6500rpm )

[Edited by Nezz10 - 2/15/2003 6:33:19 AM]

DARREN

about 63 for me.................96 STi 2

Darren

DangerousDave

V5 Type R with 4.444:1 final drives, 0.738 5th gear, 21.6 x 3k = 65mph.

Mail me off line and I'll send you a spreadsheet.

[Edited by DangerousDave - 2/15/2003 12:40:14 PM]

dominicm

MY95 WRX STI RA does 50mph at 3000....which equals 16.6 mph per 1000 rpm final drive!!!

Not great for the motorway journeys!!!

Dom.

chrisp

Japanese cars are ECU restricted by Japanese law to 112mph/180kph which the ECU reads before passing onto the odometer. When they are imported they can be destricted by placing a speed delimiter (little electronic box) before the ECU reads the speed and affectly turns KPH into MPH ie. the restriction is now 180mph rather than 180kph. This also means that put a MPH sticker over the KPH sticker and you are sorted.

Anyway thats the background the reason the Japanese cars have lower ratios is the fact they stop at 112mph so you can lower the ratios to give much better aceleration and mid range i.e. less of a gap between the gear so you never drop out of the power band. A critism I had of my UK model was sometimes the lag between gear changes.

You would really be surprised how much of a difference in driveability it makes. Its just a pain on the motorway as its revving a little more and using a bit more fuel. Then agian it dont use mine on a motorway very often so I can live with that .

[Edited by chrisp - 2/15/2003 3:32:03 PM]

grantm

OK - we have a lot Japanese imports WRX's here in NZ .I dont know about the gear ratios of the ones sold new in NZ as I have never driven one, but would think they may be the same as the Jap ones. Obviously in England all the locally sold "English" cars ( or many ) have higher ratios than the Jap ones - is this difference to the final drive ratio, which effect all the gears , ot is it just one or two of the gearbox ratios - ie is just 5th higher to give lower revs at cruise ?
My Sti V4 does about 100km at 3000 rpm....
it could do with a 6th gear for 120km cruising...

Grant
NZ

Lang

'97 wagon turbo at 3K RPM i get 76 mph

MarkB1

80ish @3k in MY01 PPP wagon

^OPM^

MY01 wrx-about 76 mph at 3000rpm

[Edited by ^OPM^ - 2/19/2003 8:16:18 AM]

speedstermick

my 96 prodrive wagon 80mph at 3000rpm.


mick.

Scooby-Doo

38

woo104

Does it matter? Road Angel will help, GPS I think

davy1

MY00 uk wagon..82mph indicated