Originally Posted by
miliue
I'm new to the e34. Just bought a 92 525 a few weeks ago. I was recently running on the Interstate. I was doing about 80 in 5th and the rpms were sitting at around 3500-4000. I was not accelerating, just cruising. Is this normal for the e34 5-speed?
This is my first manual transmission car, so I'm not sure what's normal and what's not. But in my old auto, it seems like running at 80-85 the rpms were closer to 2500 on the Interstate.
It should be normal. Manual 525i's don't have an overdrive gear - 5th has a 1.00 ratio which results in about 6250 rpm at 230 km/h.
BMW E34 528i, M52B28 + M50 manifold, Remus exhaust, ///M Parallel Spoke 18" rims