I am not sure but my 2000 Civic SiR runs at about 3500 to 4000rpm on the
highway in 5th doing 100km/h to 120km/h


"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
> 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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