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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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I haven't driven the Ex on the highway for quite sometime. I had the cruise set at 70 and the engine was turning 2000 RPM. Is this correct? I thought it was lower than that.

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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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Doesn't sound right to me. About 65 or so gets me 2000 rpm. What gear do you have?
 
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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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Well I was just on a trip and at 2,500 we were doing 100 Mph and at 90 were we doing 2,250,
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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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got 373 gears on mine and thats about where mine runs 2000-2100 at 70 1800 at 65, now as to 100 mph
 
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Old Dec 17, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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o yah I got 3.37 gear to. As to the 100 yah there was no one on the road and it was a too good of opertunity to give up.
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Pretty shure I have the 3.73 gears. I guess this is normal then.

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