Jaydino75

Hey, all,

My project to swap the broken 2005 EX transmission is finished! I went to a upull yard and found a manual tranny for a hundred dollars. Beautiful. It was very clean, although I'm pretty sure that it came from an LX and not an EX. Now... I got it installed and running without any problems. The only question I have is, I notice that my 5th gear starts to top 35k RPMs at about 55/60mph. I would think that's running a bit high, no? 4th gear seems to run high, too. Shouldn't the car "comfortably" run at 22-26k range? I wonder if that will affect my fuel economy. Thanks in advance for the info.

mikey1

the gearing in that tranny could be different,

manuals seem to rev a lot higher then the autos, my 2005 auto rpms were around 2800 @ 70mph

BrotatoChip

In my EX 3,500 rpm in 5th would be about 70 mph.

Jaydino75

Oh! Ok, well then it would seem my worries are unfounded. Thank you for your help... Next project!!

Slumpertcivic

Jaydino75

I was a little off, myself. It looks like the engine turns 2500 RPM at 60MPH. I think the tranny needed to settle in a little bit.