I will say they seem to have done what they could to adjust for it -- the 5th gear is almost certainly the overdrive, based on what I could tell from the gear ratios while driving. I mean: in the veedub, in 4th gear at 3000rpm, I'm probably doing around 50-55 mph. Same rpm in 5th gear, and I'm at 60mph or so. In the Honda, I was at 3000rpm in 4th and just barely doing 50, so I think the speed/gear ranges have been tweaked to compensate as much as possible for the otherwise smaller engine.
That said, it did okay on the highway for semi-adequate acceleration, and did a little better if I shifted down to 4th before trying to get any sudden bursts... but it'll never match my veedub's 2.0 when it comes to going from 65 to 90 at the drop of a hat without even changing gears.
On the other hand, it's possibly a good thing I'm not actually buying that 325i, because me + 2.5 liter engine could be seriously hazardous to a lot of the Oblivions around here...
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Date: 30 Jul 2010 11:42 pm (UTC)That said, it did okay on the highway for semi-adequate acceleration, and did a little better if I shifted down to 4th before trying to get any sudden bursts... but it'll never match my veedub's 2.0 when it comes to going from 65 to 90 at the drop of a hat without even changing gears.
On the other hand, it's possibly a good thing I'm not actually buying that 325i, because me + 2.5 liter engine could be seriously hazardous to a lot of the Oblivions around here...