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Basically, when I'm driving at 60MPH on 5th gear, the engine revs at like 3000rpm... this doesn't look normal because one of my friend has the EXACT civic, but 4 speed automatic... when he is on 60MPH, his engine revs a little below 2500rpm

What is everyone else's ride reving at??

 

3k at 60 sounds normal for a manual. Auto civics have longer gears (since they only have 4 gears instead of a manual's 5), so they're at lower rpm's at the same speed.

 

I think my civic HXgets better gas Gas Mileage off the high way, im driving slower uder 3,000 so im not using V-tec..

 

Thats normal for a manual. Im usually at slighly above 3000 at 60mph. My friends automatic hyundai accent cruised at 2500 going like 65 but the speed limit was 75 and I tried to get it to 75 and it jumped to 5500rpm when I floored it.and just could not make it to 75. So basically if your friend tried to floor it to get some more speed his rpms would shoot to where it would be on a manual but as soon as he lets off the gas and cruises it will drop to around 2500.

 

Jesus... having my 05 civic (just bought a month ago) reving at 3K rpm kind of hurts... remember, this is a 2005 civic, not some oldies...

enigma34. what do you mean you are not using vtec when you are under 3K rpm???

 

.... aaaaaaand? It being newer doesn't mean much as far as the gearing goes. It's a 5-speed manual, so the gears are going to be shorter than those of a 4-speed auto. It's really not that hard

 

^Exactly

You say "reving at 3K rpm kind of hurts"
why? How many other cars have you had that were manual trans?
And why would you ever feel like a manual vs. auto is aneven/reasonablecomparison?
They do have quite a few differences.

 

civics have smaller enginees, so they have to rev more. But the engine is fine (as long as its not overheating) they are made to rev like that

 

I owned a manual accord and test drove a chevy cobalt manual before. They only rev up to like 2.3 MAX for 60MPH...
Those two models do have wayyy larger engines though. It does make sense. I didnt mean to offend anyone with my "lack of knowlege". so, sorryyyyyyy

 

Auto models of vehicles typically come with numerically-lower R&P gears than their manual counterparts, as they don't need the low-down creepability/grunt that a manual does to start off smoothly. The auto's torque converter multiplies the torque. For autos that have an OD tranny ratio similar to the OD manuals', this means lower RPMs at highway cruising speeds, especially since modern auto torque converters lock up.

You wanna see revs? Ride a moto or drive a 3spd Jeep CJ with 4.56 gears or higher.