1990 200 TQ Road "RPM"

[Ti Kan]

Huppert, Eric writes:
> 87 TQ was spinning 3000 rpm's at 80 MPH...
> 90 200 TQ spins 3500 rpm's at 75ish..
> 
> Have checked speedo error, off slightly, but nothing major! 
> 
> Have checked gear ratios in several different websites and am thinking the
> trans that was installed just prior to me buying the car was out of
> something else??

Both the '87 5ktq and the '90 200tq should have the same gear ratios
and final drive (3.89:1).  If your 200tq tranny was swapped, maybe
they put in the 4.11:1 version from either the '91 200tq 20V or the
non-turbo 5k/100 cars?  If so, hopefully they also swapped the rear
diff to match...

-Ti
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