Bongo Fury

hi there was out driving sunday with a friend who owns a bongo and he said to me my rpm at 70mph seemed high,

at 70 im doing around 3200rpm

2.5td 4wd 1995 tintop

any ideas if this is about right or is it quite high

cheers guys

james

auto's 2600 at 70mph
manual about 3100 at 70mph

if your an auto box and your lock up is not working this could differ.or if you have pressed the hold button you may get to nearly 4000 at 70 mph

jimbob88 wrote:hi there was out driving sunday with a friend who owns a bongo and he said to me my rpm at 70mph seemed high,

at 70 im doing around 3200rpm

2.5td 4wd 1995 tintop

any ideas if this is about right or is it quite high

cheers guys

james

Sounds too high to me - somewhere in the mid to high two's would be more like it

I have a manual and does about 3000 ish at 70

except when im freewheeling down hill and im doing 750 rpm

Ian

MPH per 1000 rpm in lock-up top is 25 checked against a sat nav.

So 2000rpm is 50mph and 3000rpm is 75mph.

i have a manual,and it does the same as yours,my wife is lazy and cant drive,she has a auto.
just kidding folks.calm down.

Funny thing you saying this, i was talking to Madmile 'Ed' the other day bout this very thing, anyway i checked ours yesterday and ours ticks over at 3450rpm at 70 mph, but we do have a V6 and run on LPG, is that about right for a V6 on LPG

Izzy

wishmaster wrote:Funny thing you saying this, i was talking to Madmile 'Ed' the other day bout this very thing, anyway i checked ours yesterday and ours ticks over at 3450rpm at 70 mph, but we do have a V6 and run on LPG, is that about right for a V6 on LPG

Izzy

The LPG makes no difference whatsoever, but the 3450rpm is probably about right as petrols have to run at higher revs than diesels as they have much less torque.

scanner wrote:

wishmaster wrote:Funny thing you saying this, i was talking to Madmile 'Ed' the other day bout this very thing, anyway i checked ours yesterday and ours ticks over at 3450rpm at 70 mph, but we do have a V6 and run on LPG, is that about right for a V6 on LPG

Izzy

The LPG makes no difference whatsoever, but the 3450rpm is probably about right as petrols have to run at higher revs than diesels as they have much less torque.

Thanks for that mate

Izzy

sorry may sound stupid but what is this lockup business

Northern Bongolow wrote:i have a manual,and it does the same as yours,my wife is lazy and cant drive,she has a auto.
just kidding folks.calm down.

Oy Buster, come here and say that if YOU DARE. Who passed 1st time?

Chell
aka THE WIFE

jimbob88 wrote:sorry may sound stupid but what is this lockup business

In top (4th) gear at about 37mph (and under gentle acceleration) the torque converter on a auto "locks" and stops "converting" from that point on the engine revs are directly related to road speed with no further "slushing" of revs - it sounds as if another gear has been engaged, but it hasn't really.

From memory I'm normally 2700rpm for 60mph, and a touch over 3000 for 70mph. (Manual 4WD Diesel)

brorabongo wrote:From memory I'm normally 2700rpm for 60mph, and a touch over 3000 for 70mph. (Manual 4WD Diesel)

I'm sure I read long ago on here the manual ones rev higher than the auto diesel.

do 4wd rev higher than 2wd