Originally Posted by billt460
Originally Posted by Miller88
65MPH at 2600 RPM with my foot in the throttle towing the camper and it didn't burn a drop and got 26MPG doing so. It's a Japanese 4 cylinder; they like to rev. It's not an old flathead with a moderate cam that can't breathe above 1500RPM.
My new Camry 2.5, 4-Cylinder turns barely 2,000 RPM at almost 80 MPH. And gets close to 40 MPG doing it. Yet it is capable of revving as high as 7,000. But for what purpose? Higher RPM's translate into increased wear, along with lower fuel economy. There is no way around it. Subaru touts all wheel drive with small, underpowered engines for that task. So they have to rev them in order to get any power out of them.
How do you like the 8-speed auto in your Camry? I'm hearing of complaints about it's shifting.
Originally Posted by Miller88
65MPH at 2600 RPM with my foot in the throttle towing the camper and it didn't burn a drop and got 26MPG doing so. It's a Japanese 4 cylinder; they like to rev. It's not an old flathead with a moderate cam that can't breathe above 1500RPM.
My new Camry 2.5, 4-Cylinder turns barely 2,000 RPM at almost 80 MPH. And gets close to 40 MPG doing it. Yet it is capable of revving as high as 7,000. But for what purpose? Higher RPM's translate into increased wear, along with lower fuel economy. There is no way around it. Subaru touts all wheel drive with small, underpowered engines for that task. So they have to rev them in order to get any power out of them.
How do you like the 8-speed auto in your Camry? I'm hearing of complaints about it's shifting.