On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 07:22:08PM -0700, Jim Cathey wrote: > > tried to really pay attention today, at 55mph in 4th I'm at about > > 2600-2700. > > I tried today, and at 55 in 4th I'm right about 2500. 60 mph was about > 2650. > Of course, speedos and tachos do vary. On the way home it was more like > 52 mph at 2500 rpm, go figure. > > In the Frankenheap (200D 115) I'm running around town in 4th all the > time. > In the 190D, make that third. More or less the same ground speed. In > fact, the 200D lugs down to about 25 mph in fourth before you _have_ to > shift, of course you should have long before that.
My memories of my 5 speed 190D are a bit distant, but fourth at 55 didn't seem all that outlandish. The 60x are a seemingly less torquey, higher revving (but more efficient) version of the 61x. I put up with it, and enjoyed the 40+mpg doing 80 in fifth, knowing that unlike in a honda, I'd most likely survive a wreck. If it was me, I'd either speed up, or not worry about it. 61x's likely had longer strokes meaning more low end torque, but lacking Marshall, who knows. K
