hey guys. ive only recently noticed this, when i have been cruising down to the coast/been highway driving, But cruising at about 110km/h, my revs are up at 29000.... it seems a bit high for highway driving.... this isnt normal is it? - i drove my mums car, and doing the smae speed her revs were at 2200/2300..

is there a way i can reduce the revs? what needs to be done?


thanks guys, james.

is your mums car a v8 :D ?? dads statesman which i love although i hate holdens sits at 1500 or so on 110, my car sits abit under 3k for 110km/h. gen 2 v6

Remember you need xxkw's to sustain that 110km/h so if you want it to sit lower you need to make that power ealier in the rev range

and i just noticed if your cars reving to 29000 there might be a problem

Yeah that seems about right for 5th gear :)

hey guys. ive only recently noticed this, when i have been cruising down to the coast/been highway driving, But cruising at about 110km/h, my revs are up at 29000.... it seems a bit high for highway driving.... this isnt normal is it? - i drove my mums car, and doing the smae speed her revs were at 2200/2300..

is there a way i can reduce the revs? what needs to be done?


thanks guys, james.

I think it should be around 2600rpm maybe 2700 in 5th for a TE/TF manual at 100km/h, 2900 sounds a bit high eh but I could be wrong, have only driven one manual TF and going off memory. Maybe the tacho is inaccurate? I'm not sure about changing the 5th revs, is your gearbox rebuilt? If not, hmm, ask some mechanics and they might be able to help ya out.

hey guys. ive only recently noticed this, when i have been cruising down to the coast/been highway driving, But cruising at about 110km/h, my revs are up at 29000.... it seems a bit high for highway driving.... this isnt normal is it? - i drove my mums car, and doing the smae speed her revs were at 2200/2300..

is there a way i can reduce the revs? what needs to be done?


thanks guys, james.

Hmm, yeah. Seing as thats about 5 times the red line RPM it might be slightly too high :P

2900 Sounds normal to me.

at 2900rpm I'm doing around 120kph. Go to a dyno place and have ur speedo checked out is what I say.

I think it should be around 2600rpm maybe 2700 in 5th for a TE/TF manual at 100km/h, 2900 sounds a bit high eh but I could be wrong, have only driven one manual TF and going off memory. Maybe the tacho is inaccurate? I'm not sure about changing the 5th revs, is your gearbox rebuilt? If not, hmm, ask some mechanics and they might be able to help ya out.

he said 110km/h.... I think my speedo is a lil out, but that's exactly what my Sports sits on...

I have a 1996 TE altera, doing 110km/h (flat road assumed) i will be going at 2250rpm.
possibly change your mixture? or idle (the knob on the engine, sorry for the noob description).

Ahhh either his dials are out of calibration or that is what the gearing is. It isnt a CVT the ratios are fixed, it will have nothing to do with the engine. I remember my TE would rev pretty high on the highway. Only way to change it would be to change gear ratios or put bigger wheels on it(larger diameter) neither of which is a great idea.

isnt it just the gearing ratio's my TF manual sitts around about 2800.
some manuals have shorter gears my mum test drove a corolla and the 5spd manual was about 2600 and the 4spd auto at like 2000 a 100kmh

arrrrgh there is some crap information passed on in this thread :doubt:

TE manuals and autos obviously will rev at different levels at same speeds.

I have a TE manual, and at 3000rpm its at about 118km/h. So 2900rpm at 110km/h is pretty normal :)

Agreed...
Although I have to admit Tim Depending on the terrain, on the Highway it is around 2700-2900rpm...