catmando

I know the limit is 70 but last weekend coming back from Tallahassee if i didnt cruse as 85 or 90 i would have been ran off the road by the suvs . At 90 my 5 speed is at 4000 rpm and i understand the 6 spd is the same . Thats too much , any thing can be done ?

john s

if 4k = 90 then 6k = 135, anything less & you would never get there.

wolvieTT

sounds bout right...my old bmw325ix was at about the same rev range for that speed...and it's a six

subgenius

My Z28 rides at about 2000 rpm at 80 - you can hardly hear the thing.

Moving to this high rev engine is gonna be interesting...

-Dennis

Dana

it's an improvement from my old jetta...

o2bnme

...now a 8k RPMs on an S2000 is something else. That was a wild ride the other afternoon.

I will admit that I didn't expect the power at 8k. My friend was getting close to 80 in a 45 without really thinking about it. I saw a cop up ahead... way ahead. "COP COP COP" He slammed on the breaks. :-) He's worried about getting a ticket... my comment to him was, "if you are worried then don't drive fast!" ;-)

Lone Starr (Ivan)

Hey, look who it is! How are ya, Charles?

BillK

While making an accidental trip up to 105 coming down an on-ramp a bit too spiritedly, I noticed that the 75+ MPH range in 6th is nicely in the engine's torque/HP band with the turbo where a blip of the throttle will provide quite the kick in the pants.

In short, I don't think it's too much, not for an engine with a 6K+ redline (just be thankful you're not driving an S2000!)

o2bnme

Ok, I'm going to have to test this... 90mph here I come. :-D

Rawhide Rosenwad

6-sp spins at little lower @ 90 mph....