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Old May 11, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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In sixth gear in the RSX-S, what RPM is the motor at when the speed is 75mph?
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Old May 11, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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what year?

mine is at 3800-4k because of the close gearing

i have a 2005
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Old May 11, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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I didnt know they had different gearing through the years. I was expecting about 4K rpm.

Thanks for the quick response.
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Old May 11, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LoudLude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I was expecting about 4K rpm.
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a little much

im at like 3.7k-3.8k at 80 mph.

02-04 model
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Old May 11, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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at 80 im above 4k already.

remember, the 05's have a much tighter gear ratio than the earlier ones
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Old May 11, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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find gear ratio's. take 80 * gear ratio and u get ur rpm. i think thats how u figure it out. but its somewhere near 3500
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Old May 11, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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2500

i do it all the time
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Old May 12, 2006 | 06:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LoudLude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">In sixth gear in the RSX-S, what RPM is the motor at when the speed is 75mph?
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In my 06 Type S I am at about 3600
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Old May 12, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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02 6speed here......3750ish @80mph

225/50/15
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Old May 13, 2006 | 04:53 AM
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The 02-04 has a slightly taller final drive; the 05-06 has the same FD as the EP3 and FG2.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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'03 Type S 3,500 rpm @75mph....
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Old May 13, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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about 4kish...i think lol...its basically just like a b16 tranny's 5th gear
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