"Jeremy Pyle" <jeremy.pyle@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone else noticed that the '04 Civic EX 5-speed runs at high RPMs. I
> mean this is my first Honda, so maybe they all did this, but at about 3000
> RPM in 5th gear I'm only doing about 60. Is this normal? Is the engine
made
My 5th Gen Prelude runs 4200 at 80. Redline 7400. Hondas run well and
reliably at higher rpm than most Detroit iron -- or is Mexican iron now.

> to run this high, I assume it is or else they would not have made the gear
> ratio like that.
>
> On my old car, a plymouth POS, it liked to ride between 2,000 and 3,000,
so
> I would shift around 3,000. Does this mean for the Civic I should be
riding
> it between 3,000 and 4,000?
>
> Thanks for all the help guys!
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