On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:26:00 +0000 (UTC), mike-lists@tepidcola.com
<mike-lists@tepidcola.com> wrote:
> No reason that I know of - but I was going far faster than I usually do: in
> the area of about 80 or so. So I think that's pretty solid proof that I'm
> geared way too short for my tires.
My new '04 is the same way. I find myself doing 80 to and from work
down I-70/I-370 just to improve my gas milage, and the tach sits there
at 2000 in 5th gear. I pushed it to 3000 the other day just to see
what it could do, and I was doing 100mph! On a related note, I find
that I have to push the rpm's up to almost 4000 in the lower gears
(1-2) to get any decent accelaration. This thing has no low end torque
to speak of. I never pushed my old '03 shadow past 3000 and it had
the 3L V6.
-Matt Brenneke
'04 CC SXT 3.7L V6
http://web.umr.edu/~mbrennek/Truck/
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