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RPM CALCULATOR


I want to use a different wheel / tire combination...

How do I figure out how a different ratio will affect my engine RPM's?
What ratio I need to get my engine to turn "X" RPM's @ 60MPH?

Use this helpful guide to help you figure out your best combination.


For many of you, it may seem quite simple to figure out RPM's based on tire size, and road speed, but, what-the-heck.... I wanted to spice up my page with something constructive, and learn some programming at the same time.... I think it's better, and more constructive, than background music or changing the background color, but then, that's just my opinion...

Simply type in the "info" to find the "info" you need. Sorry, I only figured it for Miles Per Hour, but, as soon as I have time, and find the formula, maybe I will write a conversion program (If I remember correctly, there are approximately 25.4mm in an inch, multiply by 12, multiply by 5280, divide by 1000, divide by 1000 again... (anyone have a metric conversion sheet handy?...) sooooo, simply multiply 1.609344 by your MPH figure to get an approximate KM/H figure. That was fun...) Also, for simplicity (I need it as simple as I can get it...), I designed all of my calculations based on 60MPH (one mile a minute), so, if you want it figured out at a different speed, you will have to alter your figures (I could have made it more complex and had you type in a speed too, but, hey... It's my first attempt at a JavaScript program, and I had enough trouble with this one!!! ). Anyway, please also understand that this conversion does not take into account things like torque converter slippage, etc. so, your RPM may not actually be exactly as calculated here (especially if I got the formulas wrong... Let me know if you get a different result...).


To figure out Gear Ratio...

Type in the 
Tire Diameter 

Diameter 
Type in the 
EngRPM's @ 60mph 

Rpm 
This is the  
Gear Ratio 

Ratio

To figure out Tire Diameter...

Type in the 
Gear Ratio 

Ratio 
Type in the 
EngRPM's @ 60mph 

Rpm's 
This is the  
Tire Diameter 

Diameter

To figure out Gear Engine RPM's...

Type in the 
Gear Ratio 

Ratio 
Type in the  
Tire Diameter 

Diameter 
This is the  
EngRPM's @ 60mph 

Rpm's

FIND YOUR TRUE GEARING...

The TOTALLY accurate way to tell your true overall gearing...is below.

Park on a slight downhill grade with some downhill room....tires properly inflated, vehicle loaded as it would be when in use, etc.

Make a chalk-mark on tire sidewall facing straight down, and one on the pavement...have a helper roll the van one rolling diameter downhill, so mark on tire is again straight down....make new mark on pavement. Meanwhile, you get under van and count how many driveshaft revs equal one true rolling diameter revolution - that's your baseline axle ratio.

Now...measure distance between marks on pavement in inches, and divide that into 63,360 (the number of inches in a mile). This gives you TRUE axle revs per mile, and, axle RPM at 60 MPH. This number times baseline axle ratio (from above) gives you TRUE driveshaft RPM at 60 MPH....which is also engine RPM when in 3rd gear lockup.

4th gear RPM at 60 MPH is above number times OD ratio...usually .7 or thereabouts.

Hope this is useful...
Thank Matt


You are about to download The RPM Calculator V 1.5 from The GearZone.
Writen by Paul Cangialosi

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The file RPM.EXE is a self extracting archive. Run RPM.EXE from a temporary directory. It will install without the use of WinZip or PKunzip.Once it is installed delete RPM.EXE from your temporary directory.

This program is FREEWARE and was designed by us to aid people in making decisions about what gear ratios will yield the best engine RPM for their application. It is a great tool for comparing gear ratios and also for aiding in the calibration of your speedometer. A solid running program with over 10,000 downloads from this site alone!

 

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