sti type ra gearing?
 

Thinking of getting a ra but been told they have very short gearing.
what sort of revs will it be sitting at 80mph as i use the motorway a lot.

cheers
jay

Het fella,

I have an RA myslef it will cruise on the motorway at 80 doing in the region of 4000-5000 revs. The only downside is it doesn't have the longer 5th so is only good for 120mph. Or so I have been told as I do not condone speeding in the slightest

cheers mate.........5000rpm! @80mph ouch.

Yeah but 0-60, hold on to your hat !!

how much of a diffrence to the wrx,what sort of rpm does that sit at 80mph?
sorry about the daft questions but im on the motorway a lot.

4000rpm or mine does any way (my95):)

at 80mph on my speedo im sitting at about 3600rpm, but if its 80mph on the gps im sitting at 4000rpm

would tend to think gps would me more accurate as its updated every second iirc

cheers guys.
may just buy the ra and hope i dont get fed up with the high revs.

whats the big deal, if anything it might help you drive slower on the motorway :) bit i doubt it, not fitting too loud an exhaust is the key i think:)

my mate has the ra my94 and it is absolutley ballistic and it does top out about 120 but he selling it due to petrol cost. might be somthing to think about if u do mega m/miles

On the later RAs the gears aren't quite as short as the early ones. Mine's an MY99 and although the gearing is shorter than my old UK turbo it is quite happy trundling along the motorway.

I probably wouldn't use it for everyday motorway driving, however to say the acceleration is wicked is a total understatement :D:D:D