3650RPM at 80mph?

[Grant Lenahan]

My mom has one too. I believe that's about right.  Its a 4-speed, and 
frankly, not a great one. In the dictionary next to the word 
"lethargic" is a picture of that transmission.

If you question whether its shifting to 4th - drop it to 3rd (at a bit 
lower speed, please) and see what happens.

But if you think about it, 3650/80 puts redline at about 135-140 mph. 
About right to achive top speed at the power peak.  And that motor 
needs a power peak to hit high speed :-)  You could also read the 
manual for the ratios and do the math.

Grant
On Aug 2, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Tyson Varosyan wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> My dad is out of town so I borrowed his car to take on a short road 
> trip and
> was surprised to see that while cruising at about 80mph, the tach was 
> at
> about 3650 RPM. This did not seem normal to me, as I am used to seeing 
> about
> 2200 RPM on my car at that speed... Over about 350mi of road, the car 
> did
> fine under these conditions, but burned a bit more gas than I 
> expected. I
> started to think that maybe the tranny is not shifting into its' 
> highest
> gear? Can someone tell me what RPM I should be seeing at 80 MPH?
>
> The car is a 95 A6Q 2.8l with Automatic Tranny.
>
> Tyson Varosyan
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