I have always felt my t-jet is too low geared at about 22mph/1000rpm in 5th. It is noisy and thirsty on the motorway as a result. I was wondering what other puntos are like? Particularly starjets and diesels.

Yeah the T-Jet could really do with a 6th gear in my opinion. Wonder what the ratio of the 6th gear in the abarth is like

The 1.9 mjet is around 2k rpm at 70 so 35 mph ish per 1k rpm on the diesel 6 speed.

I've also wondered about the 6th in the Abarth too, but I think its about the same 3K at around 70mph, and just making the other ratios shorter and I find myself changing gear more than I probably should need to already...

If you go here you can see the specs for the Evo Abarth: http://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/abarth/punto_4gen_abarth/punto_evo_abarth/2011.html then click the "Continue here for detailed specs" button it'll take you to a page with some ratios on, which says that its 23.6mph/1000rpm, though that then does say the standard tyres are 215/45/R17's.

So the abarth with six gears isn't much better; it must have really close ratios the t-jet's are close enough. I think the t-jet could handle something like 27mph/1000rpm. That would be just under 3000rpm at 80.

As for diesels, 2000rpm at 70 sounds quite normal. Most 2.0 diesel saloons are geared at 33mph/1000.
Are the 1.3s 5 speed? What ratio?

The speed per 1000rpm in fith gear for the 1.3 multijet is 26.1mph on a final drive ratio of 3.56 according to the website GavinA posted.The same website also states that the figures for the 1.9 and 1.6 MJ is 32.2/1000rpm in sixth on a final drive ratio of 3.65.

Try 4000rpm at 70mph.

3k RPm at a steady ton.

Shropshire_lad said:

3k RPm at a steady ton.

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*cpogh* on a private road!

The 1.2 is 30.6mph @1000rpm in 5th :O

There is a solution to this problem if you have a 5 speed T-Jet. I recently put one of these engines and boxes in my Uno and found the original ratios very low, since I have smaller tyres than you guys! The solution is to find a turbo diesel box from perhaps a Mk2 Punto, old Bravo, Marea, GP Diesel, etc. and use your T-Jet bellhousings on the diesel box. This does mean completely dis-assembling and re-assembling unfortunately, but you will have all the legs you want.