Technical max speed worrys

djabbey18 · Feb 28, 2007

hi people
i was on the motorway last weekend in my PG active sport 1.4 8v
i was doing 80MPH and the revs were at around 4000 but the car sounded lous and like it needed a 6th gear which the car doesnt have.
does anyone else feel the same and whats the max speed some of you have had out of your

GP Active Sport 1.4 8 Valve

Thanks

luvduvs · Feb 28, 2007

Check out my post https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto/89464-gp-rpms-normal.html

Some people on this forum says it doesn't sound right, while a dealer I dealt with tested my GP and a demonstrator, and they both appear to rev at around that range at around that speed.

dave · Feb 28, 2007

the fire engines love high revs, i wouldn't worry about it

Oldschool · Feb 28, 2007

The 1.4 8v is quite a new engine. It might need a bit more work for the harmonic balance. I wouldn't worry too much. If it should desintegrate (which I doubt) Fiat will provide you with a new one.

luvduvs · Feb 28, 2007

dave said:
the fire engines love high revs, i wouldn't worry about it

What's a fire engine?

dave · Feb 28, 2007

fully integrated robotic engineered

or summut like that

AllSaintChris · Feb 28, 2007

djabbey18 said:
hi people
i was on the motorway last weekend in my PG active sport 1.4 8v
i was doing 80MPH and the revs were at around 4000 but the car sounded lous and like it needed a 6th gear which the car doesnt have.
does anyone else feel the same and whats the max speed some of you have had out of your

GP Active Sport 1.4 8 Valve

Thanks

Those revs are spot on. Top speed is only about 105mph, have easily got 100mph out of mine but was pulling 5000rpm so didnt stay at that for too long!!

As said in a previous post i doubt the engine has enough power to make a 6 gear effective as it prob wouldnt be able to pull with such a long gear.

Steven · Feb 28, 2007

What mileage is on the car? It might loosen up a bit when it's run in.

luvduvs · Feb 28, 2007

dave said:
fully integrated robotic engineered

or summut like that

For a minute I thought GPs were used for fire fighting or something in some countries.. silly me..

Steve said:
What mileage is on the car? It might loosen up a bit when it's run in.

I doubt that would make much of a difference, I've done 2500km on my GP and the revs are just like djabbey18's.

Hellcat · Feb 28, 2007

All fiats tend to feel like they need another gear.

My Marea pulls and pulls in 5th.. Can't see why it wasn't given a higher gear.

I've tried to slip the tipo into 6th a few times... Thank goodness the reverse has a block on it

dave · Feb 28, 2007

ive got 7 gears

djabbey18 · Feb 28, 2007

ive done about 6500 miles on the clock now so surely it should be broken in by now ??
i just dont want the bloody thing blowing up on me if im hitting 100MPH you see

do you recommend that my GP could cruise at 100 MPH or would this cause damage and wear things out quicke etc ??
only my brother in law as got a k reg ford fiesta Mk 3 1.3cc and his car will do 115 all day long and i thought well mines newer then that why is my reving so high ??

minnnt · Feb 28, 2007

it's all to do with gearing mate... the fiesta st revs at 3,200rpm at 70mph... i would have thought this would have been alot lower tbh. i don't think your car will blow up, but it will wear things out quicker obviously. i would recommend changing the oil more regularly, but then again i wouldn't recommend driving at 100mph...

HTH

cheers, david.

zeta · Feb 28, 2007

luvduvs said:
For a minute I thought GPs were used for fire fighting or something in some countries.. silly me..

for years i've been thinking weird things about kangaroos and boomerangs too

toad101 · Feb 28, 2007

djabbey18 said:
ive done about 6500 miles on the clock now so surely it should be broken in by now ??
i just dont want the bloody thing blowing up on me if im hitting 100MPH you see

do you recommend that my GP could cruise at 100 MPH or would this cause damage and wear things out quicke etc ??
only my brother in law as got a k reg ford fiesta Mk 3 1.3cc and his car will do 115 all day long and i thought well mines newer then that why is my reving so high ??

my 999cc fire engined uno had a top speed of 93mph but would do 105-110 all day so i wouldn't worry about the engine blowing up

luvduvs · Mar 1, 2007

zeta said:
for years i've been thinking weird things about kangaroos and boomerangs too

Man that's so stereotypical - we're not all about bouncing marsupials and aborigines throwing boomerangs around - you'll be surprised how multicultural it is over here

Mrc1n4 · Mar 11, 2007

I have gp 1.4 and I have to say that I'm really dissapointed on it's motor. I drove with clio 1.2 last week and I think it went faster than GP, even a torque looks greater. shame...

T14086 · Mar 11, 2007

More to a car than speed.

Hellcat · Mar 11, 2007

djabbey18 said:
ive done about 6500 miles on the clock now so surely it should be broken in by now ??
i just dont want the bloody thing blowing up on me if im hitting 100MPH you see

do you recommend that my GP could cruise at 100 MPH or would this cause damage and wear things out quicke etc ??
only my brother in law as got a k reg ford fiesta Mk 3 1.3cc and his car will do 115 all day long and i thought well mines newer then that why is my reving so high ??

I think you should be more worried about losing your licence than blowing up your engine. I won't preach that you shouldn't ever break 70mph but if you always cruise at 100+ one day you'll get caught out.

aberdeen_tim · Mar 13, 2007

djabbey18 said:
hi people
i was on the motorway last weekend in my PG active sport 1.4 8v
i was doing 80MPH and the revs were at around 4000 but the car sounded lous and like it needed a 6th gear which the car doesnt have.
does anyone else feel the same and whats the max speed some of you have had out of your

GP Active Sport 1.4 8 Valve

Thanks

My 1.9 cruises quite happily at 105mph at 3800 rpm in 6th gear (though of course I would never allow it to do this illegal activity!!)
I would ordinarily sit at around 70, but when the road is nice and quiet at 6 in the morning, it is fun to put the old right foot down a bit. Nice and safe to do when it's a straight road, with no side roads for PC Plod to hide down.

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