p00tan6

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What should the engine speed of a 98 5 spd be at around 80mph? My car is at around 3500rpm when i am driving 80 and that seems kinda high compared to alot of other cars when going 80( i usually see cars at around 2500-3000rpm when going 80mph) . Why is the RPM so high when only going 80? Is the MAX 5 spd just like that? Also i hear alot of people talking about how the VQ's are very quiet and that makes it hard to hear the engine...my engine isn't quiet at all, but has a healthy hummm to it when i push it. Is it just my car or does anyone else on this board have the same issues?

oigs

With my Infinity 97 i30, I run at around 2500 RPM at 80. It's an automatic, and that's with OD on (4th gear). 3rd gear (OD off) will do around 3500. Without having ever driven a Maxima 5spd, that does seem high...

You're in 5th gear, right?

BigLou93SE

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Our 5 spd.'s are just geared in that fashion. Very short, but powerful 5th gear. If you think our cars arent quiet at 3,000 rpm's, try driving a 4-banger at a sustained 3,000 rpm's.

Maxima_NRH

I was going to say, when people say our engines are quiet I think they are compairing the 'quiet' of the V6 to the 'quiet' of the I4 (the pre-2000 standard in Camry and Accords).

p00tan6

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Does running at 3500rpm at 80mph consume a substantial amount of gas? I noticed that automatics and 5 spd maxima's have about the same gas mileage on the highway , just the 5 spd gets 1 less mile per gallon. Considering the automatic runs at around 2500rpms at 80mph v.s 3500rpms for the 5 speed. Does anyone know exactly what the engine speed should be at different speeds?

p00tan6

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By the way our 5spd's or at least mine isnt very quiet compared to other V6's like the accord V6. When i leave my car in neutral and rev the engine it is very quiet, but When im driving at highways speeds i think the transmission makes most of the noise. Is anyone elses MAX like this?