What is your highway RPM?

[Col Ronson]

My mom's honda odyssey gets about 2000 rpm at 70mph.

in my i35, thats 75mph at 2700 rpm.

Just curious for all you 5.5s out there, is this a normal rpm? i mean i see all 4 gears go, so do we just have lower ratios?

[Mu_036sp]

i have a 6sp. if i can remember correctly. 6th gear 85mph at 2500ish rpm

[FlipCpt45]

round 70 its... about 2200
round 80 its... about 2500
round 85 its... about 2800-3000 (TC Unlock is around this speed i think)

I'm automatic

[LA02MAX]

Originally Posted by Col Ronson

My mom's honda odyssey gets about 2000 rpm at 70mph.

Yeah odysseys have ridiculous gearing. 1st gear ends at 50 mph...

50 is 1500 rpms and 80 is 2400 in my 6-speed.

[Tippy Toes]

Yeah I cruise at 75 in my 6 spd at about 2200. Same as the above post here pretty much

[NmexMAX]

27MPG, and yes, they jipped us by not letting us have the 5AT in the 5.5 gen. 5.5 gen is ~ 2k RPM / 60MPH.

Come on dude, an Odyssey?

[Merxima]

2000 maxima GLE automatic.

60 mph--2000 RPM
65 mph--2200 RPM
70 mph--2500ish RPM

[is it windy yet?]

My 2001 Auto GLE is spinning at

40 mph 1750
50 mph 1750
60 mph 2200
70 mph 2500
80 mph 2900

I'm trying to figure out what is wrong, as I think my engine is spinning too fast and sucking too much gas.

Ron

[maxdriver10]

my 5.0 hits about 3000 rpm at 85 and its a 4 speed auto

[NmexMAX]

So, in the end, your RPM's are fine, and the Honda has far superior (for highway travel/MPG) gearing.

[rosader]

5.5 gen 6spd 80mph = 2500 rpm
I only know this because last sunday i gave a friend a ride and he was like "whoah 2500 rpms @ 80?!!!" lol but as far as other speeds I've never really paid much attention

[tunafish51]

i have a 5th gen 5 speed and in 5th at 80mph it sits around 3000-3100 cruising

[xWasX08]

Damn I havent posted here in a long time. I cant go under 70MPH on the highway. The smoothness fools me lol, half the time Im looking at the road thinking Im doing 60-65, but when I look at the speedo, its about 75-85.. Damn I love the max..

BTW Im a 2K Auto GLE (Due for a drain/fill of transmission fluid.)

Sometimes I flucutuate speeds, but when I dont this is what it looks like

65 - 2100
70 - 2400
75 - 2600

[LA02MAX]

Originally Posted by NmexMAX

So, in the end, your RPM's are fine, and the Honda has far superior (for highway travel/MPG) gearing.

And terrible for around town...I borrowed my friend's when my BMW was broken and my maxima was in another town to deliver for the job I used to work for, and holy crap it was ridiculous. They have like 240 hp, but their gearing is LOOOOOONG. It pretty much would never shift out of first gear until 30 mph...and it wasn't anywhere near redline which is at 52 mph, i think. Any other speed around town it was idling. lol. Any increase in speed and it would downshift.

[Professor]

65mph = 1800 rpms
automatic

[maxima dude]

on the hgihway i cruise in 3rd at 60mph at about 5800-6000 rpms safely =)











i joke i joke...cruise at about 2200rpm in 6th(6spd)

[Col Ronson]

haha looks like my RPM is normal. i mean im getting good gas mileage. I guess its just the honda!

now i wish i had a six speed, too bad I35s dont' come with those. They should've just given 5.5s a 5speed AT. I mean all the other VQ35s get them... grrr

[FlipCpt45]

Originally Posted by maxdriver10

my 5.0 hits about 3000 rpm at 85 and its a 4 speed auto

my brother has a 5sp swapped 5.0.. and i think he has 3.73(?) gears in the rear end... its around there maybe 3300 :x

those 5.0s only redline at around 5800/6000rpm eh?

but now he drives a 2k9 Honda Civic Si

[SE5spd]

Originally Posted by FlipCpt45

my brother has a 5sp swapped 5.0.. and i think he has 3.73(?) gears in the rear end... its around there maybe 3300 :x

those 5.0s only redline at around 5800/6000rpm eh?

but now he drives a 2k9 Honda Civic Si

my friend has a 95 Del sol with a B16 type r swap with boost(fun car 256whp in that little thing) and at 80 MPH in 5th gear hes at a pinch over 5000RPM
LOL

[jasonmax]

2100-2200 at 60mph, autobox.

[LA02MAX]

Originally Posted by FlipCpt45

my brother has a 5sp swapped 5.0.. and i think he has 3.73(?) gears in the rear end... its around there maybe 3300 :x

those 5.0s only redline at around 5800/6000rpm eh?

but now he drives a 2k9 Honda Civic Si

pretty sure he meant a 5.0 gen...

[AEMAXIMA01]

Originally Posted by tunafish51

i have a 5th gen 5 speed and in 5th at 80mph it sits around 3000-3100 cruising

May just be me, but that seems a little low for 80. Granted I don't cruise at 80, but I'm pretty sure my RPMs are higher than that. 3400 range, maybe.

[Col Ronson]

naw ive driven at 80mph on cruise control and its about 2900ish rpm.

could you imagine back in the days of 3 speed autos and 4 speed manuals the RPMs at this speed? haha

[Czerkas]

Originally Posted by Col Ronson

naw ive driven at 80mph on cruise control and its about 2900ish rpm.

could you imagine back in the days of 3 speed autos and 4 speed manuals the RPMs at this speed? haha

Back in the day I dont think anybody cruised that fast. My girlfriends dad had a 4MT bug and he said he was always nervous to go more than 70...I think technology spoils us now.

[Col Ronson]

well i guess there was that federal 55mph speed limit too. now 70-75 is the norm.

[Blitzfist]

60 is usually 2200
70 is usually 2500
80 is usually 2900


sounds like your on the same page as me.

[SurraTT]

80=3,000 Sentra 6spd tranny in 5.5 gen

[FlipCpt45]

Originally Posted by SurraTT

80=3,000 Sentra 6spd tranny in 5.5 gen

mines 3k at 80... i actually went out to confirm.. lol

[SurraTT]

Originally Posted by FlipCpt45

mines 3k at 80... i actually went out to confirm.. lol

what do you have?

[FlipCpt45]

mines an automatic.. :P

[Scottwax]

Originally Posted by NmexMAX

27MPG, and yes, they jipped us by not letting us have the 5AT in the 5.5 gen.

Seriously. How does the Altima get it but not the more upscale Maxima?

2500 rpm is 72 mph in my car...according to the speedometer. According my my Garmin, I'm going almost 74.

[Scottwax]

Originally Posted by NmexMAX

So, in the end, your RPM's are fine, and the Honda has far superior (for highway travel/MPG) gearing.

My Dad's V6 Accord (2004) is at 1700 rpms at 70 mph and gets 30-31 mpg to my 26 mpg freeway.

[mendezrj03max]

I mostly drive 85 at 2800 rpms everyday when i go to work

[Jeff03sixer]

03 SE auto. cruise set at 68 mph it sits right under 2500 rpm... car said i was getting 34.5 mpg from Amarillo to OK state line ~100 miles
bump cruise up to 73 mph it sits between 2600 - 2700 rpm... car said i was getting 30.9 mpg from OK state line to OKC ~150 miles

[Col Ronson]

when they were designing the 5.5 the got lazy probably and did it in a rush and forgot about upgrading the tranny lol. seriously if we had a fifth gear we'd be going 80 mph at 2200 rpm like you 6 speeders haha

[db302]

2001 At, 85 right around 3 grand (cornfield country driving only).

[chimaxima]

Is there something wrong with my 2000, 5spd MT, just came back from texas about 1900 miles trip and I remember it was
80 MPH @ 3200 RPM

Almost 350 - 370 miles per tank.

[FlipCpt45]

off topic.. this guy at a transmission place told me the "W" in my transaxle code ment my car had the WIDER Gears option..

[Ghost_54]

I cruise most of the time at 60mph@2100rpm, 5.5 gen automatic

[madmax17]

chimaxima, I have a 2000 5spd and I'm around 3200 rpm's at 80mph. I assume its normal.