My thoughts are that 4000 rpm sounds like a typical high performance
4 cylinder car from the 1980s. My Rabbit GTI was the same
way. They were built that way and it won't hurt it. They were made to rev.
Regarding your bushings, yes...they usually need bushings. Just go
through and replace everything...ball joints, A-arm bushings, and tie
rod ends. It's not a whole ton of money and it's fairly easy to do.
89 trans huh? Does it have the pull up plunger to get it into
reverse? If not, then it's a 1991 tranny.
At 11:01 2006-06-17, John wrote:
>Recently I purchased my first Mi16 to replace my very tired 405 S. (Both are
>1991 models) The S is an automatic. At 70-75 MPH the engine on the Mi16 is
>just screaming. 4,000 RPM or so. It makes me wish it had a 6th gear or an
>overdrive or something. The 405 S with automatic is only doing around 3500
>RPM and feels like/sounds like it is not laboring at all. In fact, it is
>almost saying 'why go 75? We could go 80 or 85!" The Mi16 does not exibit
>any performance problems, runs smoothly and going eagarly through the gears.
>It just seems like the revs are way up there, along with the noise. Is this
>normal? The guy I bought it from did tell me it has an 89 trans in it, and
>it does have 15 inch rims. The Mi16 does need some front end work, ie, some
>of the bushings are shot. Any thoughts?
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