My tachometer is a speedometer
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My tachometer is a speedometer
in 3rd gear.
So I just bought a 04 GT recently and I noticed in 3rd gear I get a perfect 1K RPM per 1 MPH.
Is this by design or just a coincidence?
So I just bought a 04 GT recently and I noticed in 3rd gear I get a perfect 1K RPM per 1 MPH.
Is this by design or just a coincidence?
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lol, It is all down to the gearing of the transmission. The transmission gear are expressed as number ratio. A higher number means your intput shaft for your transmission is spinning slower then your output shaft resulting in more torque and vice versa for speed. When the ratio is or is near to 1.00 that means that both shafts are spinning at almost the speed hence the speedometer and tacho moving together. Cause they are spinning at almost the same relative rate.
The 1.00 ratio is usually on the higher gears , 4th or 5th for the manuals. Yours happens at 3rd gear leading me to believe you have a 4AT Rx 8.
ps; You really should have gotten a Manual ..haha.. :D
The 1.00 ratio is usually on the higher gears , 4th or 5th for the manuals. Yours happens at 3rd gear leading me to believe you have a 4AT Rx 8.
ps; You really should have gotten a Manual ..haha.. :D
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Originally Posted by SomeGuy_sg
lol, It is all down to the gearing of the transmission. The transmission gear are expressed as number ratio. A higher number means your intput shaft for your transmission is spinning slower then your output shaft resulting in more torque and vice versa for speed. When the ratio is or is near to 1.00 that means that both shafts are spinning at almost the speed hence the speedometer and tacho moving together. Cause they are spinning at almost the same relative rate.
The 1.00 ratio is usually on the higher gears , 4th or 5th for the manuals. Yours happens at 3rd gear leading me to believe you have a 4AT Rx 8.
ps; You really should have gotten a Manual ..haha.. :D
The 1.00 ratio is usually on the higher gears , 4th or 5th for the manuals. Yours happens at 3rd gear leading me to believe you have a 4AT Rx 8.
ps; You really should have gotten a Manual ..haha.. :D
btw, 3rd is 1.645
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Originally Posted by 8_is_enuf
I have noticed a similar phenomenon. When I go 20 MPH the trees go by at half the pace they do when I go 40MPH. Is this by design or are these special trees?
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Originally Posted by Asmoran
Oh yeah? I tried that, and it took me like 4 times as long to get home. Of course that's only because the cop didn't appreciate my mathematical ingenuity.
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