Re: no power
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Re: no power
You are lugging the engine with way too low of rpm for power.
Hit a wind at 120 in 5th gear or overdrive as it is more properly called
and if you can actually hold the 120 at 2000 rpm, you have a strong
engine.
4th gear is actually top gear with the 1:1 ratio.
When I run at 110-115 kph, I am turning about 2300 rpm in 4th gear. If
I drop to 5th, I go down to 1700 or so.
If I baby it and use 5th as much as possible, I don't get 15 US mpg. If
I stay in 4th on the highway and forget 5th exists, I get a sweet 19 US
mpg, or 23 IMP mpg or 11 L/100 km.
I can also wrap the spedo to the pin in 4th. My spedo shows 85 mph at
the top and is calibrated right on via many GPS checks.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
David Eagan wrote:
>
> 88YJ, cant get it to go over 120 kms... running at about 2000rpm at 110 to
> 120 kms... any ideas ??
>
> dave
Hit a wind at 120 in 5th gear or overdrive as it is more properly called
and if you can actually hold the 120 at 2000 rpm, you have a strong
engine.
4th gear is actually top gear with the 1:1 ratio.
When I run at 110-115 kph, I am turning about 2300 rpm in 4th gear. If
I drop to 5th, I go down to 1700 or so.
If I baby it and use 5th as much as possible, I don't get 15 US mpg. If
I stay in 4th on the highway and forget 5th exists, I get a sweet 19 US
mpg, or 23 IMP mpg or 11 L/100 km.
I can also wrap the spedo to the pin in 4th. My spedo shows 85 mph at
the top and is calibrated right on via many GPS checks.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
David Eagan wrote:
>
> 88YJ, cant get it to go over 120 kms... running at about 2000rpm at 110 to
> 120 kms... any ideas ??
>
> dave
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