not sure abour the redline but in my twin cam s-series saturn 1st=35; 2nd=55; 3rd=78; 4th=110; 5th=about 150, fuel cut at 124
Bill
Bill
gearing ratios + engine redline rpm + wheel size = speed at red line in that gear
is it possible to do this calculation? i'm just curious. i know my sister's sl1 from 95 will get near redline in first gear at like 20mph.
my automatic contour is 35, 65, 85~95, and i haven't hit a max speed in 4th.
i have no tach, so i'm really just going by the highest speed i've ever gone in any given gear. third is a little shady. it usually down shifts by 85, but i was going uphill on 495 today and at around 95 it up shifted.
maybe i got up and down backwards...
anyway, is this as simple as engine rpm / gearing ratio * circumference of tire? maybe i'm not factoring the gearing ratio properly. but anyway. i really have no idea how this will be of use to me, since i will probably be buying an 06 redline
or a used 05 if they don't make an 06, or a "year old" model in 05, if i can still get one that is. Damn money. my current car only has a $1500 trade-in value. but I could easily stockpile $10k by jan 05. which would be a hefty down payment. as configured (based on ION prices and estimated $20k base for redline) the configuration i want will run about $25000. but it really depends on what the redline has stock that the ION's don't. I know i won't be spending $700 for a spoiler for the redline, since i assume it will have one stock. and does anyone here have onstar? it seems like a usefull thing with the theft tracking and remote reading of the check engine codes and whatnot. i'm wondering if it's worth the rather expensive upgrade.
my automatic contour is 35, 65, 85~95, and i haven't hit a max speed in 4th.
i have no tach, so i'm really just going by the highest speed i've ever gone in any given gear. third is a little shady. it usually down shifts by 85, but i was going uphill on 495 today and at around 95 it up shifted.
maybe i got up and down backwards...
anyway, is this as simple as engine rpm / gearing ratio * circumference of tire? maybe i'm not factoring the gearing ratio properly. but anyway. i really have no idea how this will be of use to me, since i will probably be buying an 06 redline
or a used 05 if they don't make an 06, or a "year old" model in 05, if i can still get one that is. Damn money. my current car only has a $1500 trade-in value. but I could easily stockpile $10k by jan 05. which would be a hefty down payment. as configured (based on ION prices and estimated $20k base for redline) the configuration i want will run about $25000. but it really depends on what the redline has stock that the ION's don't. I know i won't be spending $700 for a spoiler for the redline, since i assume it will have one stock. and does anyone here have onstar? it seems like a usefull thing with the theft tracking and remote reading of the check engine codes and whatnot. i'm wondering if it's worth the rather expensive upgrade.
