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Ford ZX2Ford ZX2 offers sporty styling, responsive handling, brisk acceleration, and everyday comfort and practicality for one or two people. Its back seat and trunk are fully usable. Yet the ZX2 is easy on fuel, and costs less than some base-level sedans. Gone is the smooth, grille-less look, replaced by a dark horizontal slash between the headlights.
hey...i have a 1998 zx2 with a 5-speed and i have a few questions.
At 65 miles per hour im running about 3000 rpms. At 70 im running 3400-3500 rpms. Is this normal or is something not right there......if i go 60 I run 2700-2800 rpms and can get 30+ miles per gallon, but at 70-75 miles per hour i only get like 25-26 miles per gallon....so i want to know if it is normal to run that high of rpm's or if something is wrong.
The other question i have is, what other 5 speeds are there that would bolt up and not run as high of rpms that would be cheaper that trying to change gearing.
Sounds pretty much the same as mine. Its not really the transmission that is at fault. Or at least not the transmission's gearing. From what I understand the ZX2's differentials are geared at 4.10:1. At least on the manual's they are. I think I looked into it a while ago because I asked myself the same exact question. So if you wonder why it seems so peppy off the line, its cause its geared so low. Of course it also causes the RPM's to run higher than usual.
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