Revs at motorway speeds

[wehey]

Hiya all
I have been driving my new Micra for 4 days now and loving it.
Most days i do 30ish miles, 20 of which are on the motorway.
It seems quite happy at 70mph but I am used to trucking along at 80+ in my old VW T4.
I have been pushing the Micra upto 80 today on the downhills but the engine was screaming a bit
At these speeds, what sort of revs is the engine doing and what would be a sensible motorway cruising speed to maintain for longer periods.
It's a 1.0 by the way with 39k on the clock
Ta

 

[Smc92]

well i put a tachometer in my micra, and if i remember rightly, doing 70 is around 4k rpm, it limits at around 6.5k rpm but i pushed my micra off the clock, went past 110mph, i dont think it does the car any good but it can do it

 

[frank]

iirc the preface 1.0 has a 4.05 diff, the facelift 1.0 a 4.46 diff and the 1.3 a 3.9 diff
so it should range from 3 to 4k @70 mph depending which model and tyres used

 

[pollyp]

with 195/50/15 tyres my 1.3 slx does bout 2.8k at 60, 3.2k at 70 and 3.5k at 80.
always wish i had 6th gear on motorways

 

[NeX]

i read the thread title as: "reverse at motorway speeds" it sounded a lot more exciting.

 

[markbognor]

No idea, but with my early 1.0 final drive, 165/55's and home brewed straight through back box, I have to have the radio up quite loud

 

[pollyp]

No idea, but with my early 1.0 final drive, 165/55's and home brewed straight through back box, I have to have the radio up quite loud

me too. at 60 its kinda ok but beyond that i could only hear the high trebles at high vol

 

[r-reg-sr]

done a RPM check at cruise speeds to feel the 5 speed, 1.3 gear box. very different to the 1.0 box

70 mph 3000rpm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81CrOl-q5Kw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX4_RK7qNGs

30 mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-0ja7i5qak

another 30 mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRkuWyRZ4Kw

40 mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1pC8A-4qGM

50 mph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE8ivxw_ev0

love these motors stock any modds just boost em[/QUOTE]

 

[Kage]

Has anyone noticed once coming off the motorway after pushing the engine hard, the accelerator feels different doing the regular 30-40mph again until like the next time you stop and come to drive it the next day? Almost rumble-y?

 

[Shaun]

About 3k with this wheel setup and 1.3 engine...
was a little less when i had my bigger tyres on it.

 

[r-reg-sr]

Has anyone noticed once coming off the motorway after pushing the engine hard, the accelerator feels different doing the regular 30-40mph again until like the next time you stop and come to drive it the next day? Almost rumble-y?

push the eng around town and it does that also,sort of a wake up mode
and wakes a bit more with a 1ltr g box

 

[wehey]

Just to add to the original question...........
Can anyone tell me what speed can you do in each gear to the redline??

 

[wehey]

Just to add to the original question...........
Can anyone tell me what speed can you do in each gear to the redline??

Does anyone know the answer to this for the 1.0L ??

 

[euro_micra]

You might want to use a calculator to work it out as it'd depend on your gear ratios, tyre size and your redline. They's some good online tools too, here's the one I used.

 

[baguete]

With 1.0 facelift gearbox i have 4.000rpm at 125kmh...

 

[Guy]

The 160 runs around 3,400 at 70. Yes it needs a 6th gear....

 

[Barker]

Anyone know where the redline is on a facelift 1.3?

Ive driven it pretty hard but all the power is mid rev range so never needed to go that high and dont dare incase i blow something!

 

[Skinner_87]

Anyone know where the redline is on a facelift 1.3?

Ive driven it pretty hard but all the power is mid rev range so never needed to go that high and dont dare incase i blow something!

Think its 6,800rpm