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Serious Annoyance...
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:53:58 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 4/26/2016 3:33 PM, wrote: At 2500 RPM, 1st is 12, 2d is 22, 3d is 31, 4th is 40 and 5th is faster than I could go from here to publix. I downshifted to 3 from 5 to make the turn into the Publix lot road (made the light) and hit 2d while I was in the lot itself. I do hit these turns pretty hard tho. That Prelude still handles pretty well, probably better than my 69 Corvette ;-) Car engines today are designed to rev higher than in the old days and the torque/horsepower ratings can be deceiving because they are developed at RPM's that you don't get near in normal driving. It's interesting to look at their horsepower/torque curves and compare them to the old big blocks of the 60's. A big old 454, 440 or the famous 426 Hemi developed gobs of torque at 3000 RPM or so. The new engines can develop decent torque but at much higher RPM. This V-tech doesn't really step out until you hit 5k RPM and the valve timing changes. Then it feels like the secondaries opening on an old Quadrajet. I assume the gas mileage starts dropping pretty fast too. If you drive it up in that power band it is a pretty peppy little car, for what it is (2 liter) but I get pretty good mileage if I drive a tad more conservatively. I really don't drive enough to notice the difference tho. |
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