Engine Turnover
Engine Turnover
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Sydney, Australia
With CVT the revs do not behave like in a conventional car. The revs can actually drop while accelerating. Revs can be at different levels for the same speed and the same level for different speeds.
The revs also won't give you an indication of noise without being aware of the level of soundproofing.
The revs can be under 2,000rpm for all those speeds and they can also be 6,000rpm under hard acceleration. I find noise level noticably increases over 4,500rpm but is never obtrusive even on the redline. This is with the stock exhaust and airbox/intake.
The manual will be noisier as will rev higher with the gear ratio and it is less fuel efficient. Those with manuals often complain about noise at highway speeds due to high reving (110km/hr) and the significantly lower highway fuel economy. Has anyone achieved better than 4.8ltr/100km with the manual on the highway?
A fit with a drainpipe sized exhaust is of course a different story (but then you also run the risk of rats running up your drainpipe). Drainpipe equipped Fits also usually have an additional 50kg of useless bodykit and 17" or larger rims to also help them run significantly slower and chew heaps more fuel and they must be lowered til sparks fly up as they go over speed humps even at 2km/hr. If they hit a Sydney pothole available in 2 convenient sizes - hello China and the smaller sized where did the road go - they aren't coming back out.
The revs also won't give you an indication of noise without being aware of the level of soundproofing.
The revs can be under 2,000rpm for all those speeds and they can also be 6,000rpm under hard acceleration. I find noise level noticably increases over 4,500rpm but is never obtrusive even on the redline. This is with the stock exhaust and airbox/intake.
The manual will be noisier as will rev higher with the gear ratio and it is less fuel efficient. Those with manuals often complain about noise at highway speeds due to high reving (110km/hr) and the significantly lower highway fuel economy. Has anyone achieved better than 4.8ltr/100km with the manual on the highway?
A fit with a drainpipe sized exhaust is of course a different story (but then you also run the risk of rats running up your drainpipe). Drainpipe equipped Fits also usually have an additional 50kg of useless bodykit and 17" or larger rims to also help them run significantly slower and chew heaps more fuel and they must be lowered til sparks fly up as they go over speed humps even at 2km/hr. If they hit a Sydney pothole available in 2 convenient sizes - hello China and the smaller sized where did the road go - they aren't coming back out.
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