Matt Brenneke wrote:
> 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/
If the 3.7 is anything like the 4.7 - both being overhead cam engines,
they are, by design, more rev happy. Making their peak power at higher
RPMs. I noticed that with the Explorers we've had. The 2002 4.0L V6 is
a overhead cam engine, and seems perfectly content getting up to 5000
RPM - redline is 6000 I think... whereas the 2000 model that we
replaced, had the overhead valve design (like the 3.9/5.2/5.9 engines).
That was not so rev happy. With my Ram's 360 - I get it up near
3000-4000 with moderate to heavy acceeleration.
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