Skoda - 2 litre petrol top gear ratio

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Thu 4 Oct 2007 20:06
2 litre petrol top gear ratio - trier
Does anyone have experience of the VW 115 hp petrol engine fitted to some octavias,fabias and superbs? I would like to know the mph/1000rpm please.
My old passat 1.8 is deafening me at 3500 revs equating to 70mph
Thanks for any replies.
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Thu 4 Oct 2007 20:11
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - TimOrridge
MY audi 80 2.0E has a similar engine 1984cc 115hp. my needle speeds are

3000 rpm - 70mph
4000 rpm - 90mph
5000 rpm - 105mph
6000 rpm - 120mph

Mine gets abit droney at 80-85mph
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Thu 4 Oct 2007 20:13
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - TimOrridge
It all depends on gearbox and ratios. The same engine could have different gearboxes between cars all depends on weight i guess
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Thu 4 Oct 2007 21:22
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - bathtub tom
>>MY audi 80 2.0E has a similar engine 1984cc 115hp. my needle speeds are

>>3000 rpm - 70mph

>>6000 rpm - 120mph


Wow! That's some wheelspin you're getting!
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Thu 4 Oct 2007 23:41
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - bathtub tom
If the edit button had existed a little earlier:

Wow! That's some clutch slip you're getting!
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Sat 6 Oct 2007 19:03
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - TimOrridge
I>> If the edit button had existed a little earlier:
Wow! That's some clutch slip you're getting!


I think we are confused with both our posts. I was just explaining what my car revs/mph speed in 5th equates to the OP's car
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Sat 6 Oct 2007 22:26
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - bathtub tom
I had my pedant's hat on.

3000 rpm - 70mph = 23.3mph/1000 rpm
6000 rpm - 120mph = 20mph/1000 rpm, or clutch slip.
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Sun 7 Oct 2007 00:39
skoda 2 litre petrol top gear ratio - Lud
Electronic rev counters are carp. So are speedometers mechanical or otherwise.

A radical shift in the ratio between the two alleged measurements is only to be expected. Hardly ever not seen one with a modern car.

Amazing everyone doesn't notice straight away.
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Tue 16 Oct 2007 11:47
2 litre petrol top gear ratio - Singer-G
I really miss the cruising gear you used to get when 5 speed boxes first came in. e.g. my 1600 Montego and 1800 Astra both had top gear of around 25 mph / 1000 rpm. My current 1800 Corolla has a top gear of about 20 mph / 1000 rpm. This is frustrating on a long motorway journey.
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Tue 16 Oct 2007 12:23
2 litre petrol top gear ratio - gmac
I really miss the cruising gear you used to get when 5 speed boxes first
came in.


Buy a diesel, ours is geared at 30mph/1000rpm.
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Tue 16 Oct 2007 12:28
2 litre petrol top gear ratio - a900ss
30mph/1000 rpm? - many diesel cars are geared higher than that. My car is about 35MPH/1000 rpm.

Edited by a900ss on 16/10/2007 at 12:29

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Tue 16 Oct 2007 12:32
2 litre petrol top gear ratio - Singer-G
I'm seriously considering a diesel when I next change my car, but why did manufacturers have to ruin the crusing ability of their petrol cars in this way? I loved my mk11 Astra as a motorway car.
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