Newbie Transmission question
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Newbie Transmission question
I just bought a 2000 RX300 last weekend. The vehicle has 131000 miles on it. It is the AWD drive version. Love the ride! We call it our cloud car. The other vehicle we have is a 1996 RAV with 197000 miles on it, so you can image the difference in ride quality. The question I have is: what RPM is your vehicle turning when you are doing 70 mph? In the RX, I am running about 2900 RPM, while in the RAV, I am only turning about 2500 RPM. The RAV is FWD only with an automatic trans. I would have thought the Lexus would be turning at a lower RPM than the RAV. By the way, the RAV is a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder.
--John
--John
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RX300 had 3.0 liter V6 engine better passing power compare to Toyota RAV inline 4 engine. 80 percent torque available at 1800 rpm thru 6300 rpm. Both SUVs had different breed of 4 speed automatic transmission doesn't mean as same.
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Not a low runner...
... The question I have is: what RPM is your vehicle turning when you are doing 70 mph? In the RX, I am running about 2900 RPM, while in the RAV, I am only turning about 2500 RPM. The RAV is FWD only with an automatic trans. I would have thought the Lexus would be turning at a lower RPM than the RAV. By the way, the RAV is a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder.
--John
--John
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I just bought a 2000 RX300 last weekend. The vehicle has 131000 miles on it. It is the AWD drive version. Love the ride! We call it our cloud car. The other vehicle we have is a 1996 RAV with 197000 miles on it, so you can image the difference in ride quality. The question I have is: what RPM is your vehicle turning when you are doing 70 mph? In the RX, I am running about 2900 RPM, while in the RAV, I am only turning about 2500 RPM. The RAV is FWD only with an automatic trans. I would have thought the Lexus would be turning at a lower RPM than the RAV. By the way, the RAV is a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder.
--John
--John
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