Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
Hi,
Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
Is this rpm normal?
Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?

Thank you
Amir

univars@yahoo.com wrote:
> Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
> Hi,
> Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
> RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
> My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
> Is this rpm normal?
> Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?
>
> Thank you
> Amir
>
It would all depend on the gearing in the different models but that
figure is in the ballpark.

At 3000RPM in 5th I'm doing around 65 MPH.

univars@yahoo.com wrote:
> Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
> Hi,
> Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
> RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
> My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
> Is this rpm normal?
> Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?

Here are RPM at 80MPH (this is my cruising speed so why I remember it):

2002 Impreza 2.5 TS 4 speed AT: 3250
2002 Outback 2.5 5MT @ 5: 3750

some other cars with AT I saw were indicating about 3000 RPM

Honda Civic 5MT @ 5: 3500
Honda Accord I4 5MT @ 5: 3000 (but not sure)

I never understood why they geared Outback that high.


Andy

univars@yahoo.com writes:

> Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
> Hi,
> Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
> RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
> My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
> Is this rpm normal?
> Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?

Sounds about right.

As to why it's geared like that, the answer is probably the anemic
horsepower of the 4cyl?

--
Todd H.
2001 Legacy Outback Wagon, 2.5L H-4
Chicago, Illinois USA

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:02:39 -0500, Todd H. wrote:

> univars@yahoo.com writes:
>
>> Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
>> Hi,
>> Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
>> RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
>> My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
>> Is this rpm normal?
>> Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?
>
> Sounds about right.
>
> As to why it's geared like that, the answer is probably the anemic
> horsepower of the 4cyl?
>

Nah, my '71 XKE runs 3000RPM at 70MPH.

Al

I've had my MY08 Outback for a month, and at 110 km/hr it goes at 2500rpm.
Its a 2.5i Premium auto.
I thinks about 65-70 mph.

GJ

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> Dear Fellow Subaru Enthusiest
> Hi,
> Recently I purchased a 2004 Subaru outback and it seems the crusing
> RPM is high in comparison to other cars I have owned.
> My car's RPM at 70mph in 5th gear is around 3200.
> Is this rpm normal?
> Does anyone know about average RPM vs Speed and Gears?
>
> Thank you
> Amir
>