the reason i am asking is because i have a IX 5 spdand my car is always around 3500 rpm when i am doing 75 and by the time i am at 80, i believe its @ 4,000 which i think its high what do u guys think.

thanks

 

you're fine. the IX have higher RPM at same speed comparing to evo 8 due ti gear ratio. at 80mph on the IX you should be like 3600-3700rpm. also there's noway you're 3500rpm at 75mph and jump to 4000rpm at 80mph.

 

Guys, what gear are you in?

 

That sounds about right. I'm at 3000 -3200 @ 75 so with a 5 spd you should be closer to 3500-3600 around 75.

 

5th gear

And I am at about 3500-3600RPM around 75mph and 3800RPM around 80mph

 

Same here. I know the car was designed this way, but it still makes me shy away from the thought of taking any long road trips. Should I be worrying?

 

I just came off the road doing those speeds on a highway with my IX SE. And I think those numbers are about right in 5th gear, except when i was on the throttle it went up to around 4k-4.5k but cruising speed if you are not hitting it hard was around 3k for me. These cars eat a lot of gas WOT

 

get a beater on the side to do all the high miles and save gas

 

your in the right ballpark.. i wouldnt worry about it since redline is at 7k you are plenty enough revs away from pushing the motor too hard.. if your redline was 5.5k then i would say cruising at 4k might be pushing it a little much, but thats not the case.

 

Im too broke to get an other car

 

i also agree its just the gearing in our cars. i use to think the same way but if you down shift you will notice that 4th gears rpms are not that far from fifths.

 

so what's the top speed on the ix? is it still 155mph or something around there?

 

I dnt know.. I've riden in stock IX MR on the autobahn and he buried the needle... think he was doing more like 168mph.. very scary.. **** begins to whistle alot.. isn't there a governor in these things.. thought the only reason why i go past 160 is cuz It got modified during my tune..??

 

some ppl said they car can go over 150 mph on stock gears, but iam not sure