How does 1.3L engines fare in highways?

[mazdamazda]

masyado naman inaapi ang 1.3 dito.. huhuhu.. tsaka bakit nasa goon squad ito.. para naman sinabi na goons ang mga naka 1.3L ... bakit naman ang tsikot ko hindi nagpapaiwan kahit sa mga SUV na yan.. depende lang naman siguro sa driver yan e and sa kondisyon ng tsikot.. and 160 is pretty easy.. sa 180 pa baka mahirapan na..

pre... going to 160kph in a 1.3L engine is pretty easy?

kung yung 2.0L engine nga e hindi ganun ka easy yun...

[fakesaint]

Hindi ba ang o/d ay ang 4th gear diyan? Dapat nga mas malakas ang hatak pag naka O/D off kasi 1st to 3rd gear lang gamit niya.

nagkabaligtad post ko ng o/d and o/d off...

[luckytruck]

pre... going to 160kph in a 1.3L engine is pretty easy?

kung yung 2.0L engine nga e hindi ganun ka easy yun...

madali lang yan pare, hanap ka ng matinding downhill, kahit bisikleta, kaya ng 160

hehehehehe

now that i am pushing 30 years old, i really don't care much for speed. fuel efficiency, maintennance costs, reliability and lamig ng aircon are what really
concern me now.

andy

[Marc MD]

pre... going to 160kph in a 1.3L engine is pretty easy?

kung yung 2.0L engine nga e hindi ganun ka easy yun...

masyado kasi api ang 1.3 . . what i meant is: "kaya naman talaga ang 160kph.. sa 2.0 chicken lang yun.. sa 1.3 medyo hirap than the 2.0 pero kaya.. pero kung 180kph na dun niyo na i-cross out ang 1.3L yun talaga ang mahirap.. kakailanganin ng mahaba habang highway.."

[Marc MD]

It may not seem like a good comparison, but in actual driving, you'd be surprised how much faster a 1.3l sedan is than the aforementioned vehicles. If I'm not mistaken, a Corolla XL is still faster (in acceleration) than both the gas and diesel Terrano as well as the GEN II and GEN 2.5 Pajero.

I'm just driving at the point that 1.3 sedans are far from hopeless on highways as there are even slower vehicles out there. The diesels are even slower once you reach highway speeds.

well said

depende din yan sa pagkakabond niyo ng kotse.. syempre mas matagal mo na kilala ang kotse mo mas kabisado mo na.. proper gear shifting and clutch techniques would be a big factor..

[theveed]

Aabot lang ng 160 oto ko kung nahulog sa bangin... :D

[nicolodeon]

160kph, on a 1.3 engine, on flat land? Hmmm....malabo. Downhill, pwede pero you'd really burn your brakes trying to stop if something or somene pops-up in front of the car 150 meters ahead. Sa 1.5 or 1.6 siguro, pwede. Pero, yung Nissan Sentra (1.5 SGX) ko dati, napapalo ko ng 155kph. Nga lang, medyo galit na ang engine. I'd say for a 1.3L engine, 130-140kph should be the "safest" (this word is highly subjective), maximum speed, no matter what the speedo sez.

But if the 1.3L car would just be for, oh, going to the grocery, driving to the mall or just plain everyday city driving, I'd say it will do just fine.

[jim]

i drove a 1990 XL5 (1.3L) corolla from Manila to La Union with 4 passengers and cargo sa trunk, the top speed I got was 120 Kph. kung ako lang mag-isa i'd say i could have topped at 150 kph. acceleration is not that adequate pero it can do the job of getting you to your destination. i used up about 10 liters of gas going to La Union and about 12 liters going back to Manila.

[philander]

OT.

I have Sentra GX matic (1.3L), sabi sa specs 4speed WITH O/D.

meaning 4 speed sya plus OD so its the 5th gear?

[johnart]

OT.

I have Sentra GX matic (1.3L), sabi sa specs 4speed WITH O/D.

meaning 4 speed sya plus OD so its the 5th gear?

nope sir 4speed lang pwede o/d off para maging 3 speed

[squala]

Some people confuse O/D. They think that switching it off enhances efficiency. We do know it's the other way around. It's just that when a normal driver hears 'overdrive,' it sounds like driving faster, or more performance. I personally don't know why it's termed as such in the first place. Perhaps 'cruise' or 'economy' would be more understandable.

Going back to the 1.3s, like most of them said, they're enough to get the job done. If you don't plan to maintain more than 120 km/h on the highway, they should do just fine. Yes, they can reach more than that speed, but regaining lost momentum, like when you have to slow down because a slug is on the passing lane, will be much harder than in a 1.6 or 2-liter car.

[theveed]

unless RX7 oto mo sisiw ang 160 sa 1.3L hehehe

[CLAVEL3699]

100 kph. is a decent speed and the max sa highway.

nag iisip lang ako bat kailangan pa umabot nang 120kph and mag overtake.

overtaking in highway is very much dangerous.

nag iisip lang po. 1.3l ok na yan

[Deng]

nung nasa dollar rent a car ako puro XL kotse. ok naman sa highway minsan may parang 1.6 ang hatak maski sa highway. gulat nga ako sa XL eh.

[alwayz_yummy]

in my experience..our kia pride.

1.3L,a/t....* NLE, 160kph*approx. 6000pm....but it will consume a quarter of my 37L tank from balintawak to sta.rita exit!

mga 5x ko pang ginawa,e.....but my pride has a warning buzzer whenever i reach 120kph....

true, * 60-80kph, a 1.3L engine is good enough...

[scarab]

...yup, a 1.3L would fare well in our hiways. dont be too concerned on how long it reaches 160 or if it can actually reach 160. before you know it, ur back in the city stuck in traffic.

[blueknight1968]

I've been driving my Lancer EL 1.3L steel rims and pawis steering for the past 8.5 years and it still gets the job done of bringing me from point A to B. I use it mainly for daily driving to work. Matipid sa gasolina. Tried it sa highway mainly to go to Subic and Clark and to Bolinao, Pangasinan. At 100kph ok siya. Pagsampa ng 130kph, feeling ko parang lilipad na. Pa-minsan minsan I get the feeling that the engine is quite small relative to the large body of the pizza type Lancer.

[wilcats]

any comments on jazz owners? kamusta naman feeling kapag nasa 120-140kph na? katakot nba? got one nkc... sa thursday na dating. actually dko pa nahataw eto nun natestdrive ko, tamang speed lang. ok naman hatak sa 4 na tao...

[EssB]

Drive a Honda City Type Z recently on South Super. It's ok, but once I'm at the Skyway, all these 1.6s and Pajeros left me like a lagging mule.

Top speed of 120. Beyond that, may road and wind noise na. Car vibrates also. RPM is around 3000.

The 1600s must be hitting 130-140 above.

Honda city gen 1/type z really has that aerodynamic flaw where it vibrates at abot 120kph to 140kph... Above 140kph, the vibration disappears... Some folks I know driving a Honda City gen1/type z SX8 1300cc (and actually tried it myself also) could also reach 180kph (no passengers)...

[so_obVIOS]

Nagbabago din naman ang technology ng mga makina. Maalala ko kung panahon ng itlog na lancer at big body corolla ang mga 1.6 na makanina nasa 90+ hp pa lang yata. Ngayon pumapalo na ng 120+ hp ang mga yan.

Ang mga 1.3 nga ngayon ay nasa 85/86 hp na (almost 90 na), at yung mga mga 1.5 nasa 106-110 hp na (vios/city). Kung tutuusin, ang mga 1.5 ngayon mas malakas na compared sa mga 1.6 10 years ago.

I drive a Vios 1.3 and top speed ko so far ay close to 150 sa NLEX. Nakipagsabayan pa ko nun sa isang 1.6 na Lynx, pareho kaming palipat-lipat ng lane para umiwas sa mga mababagal na sasakayan. Alam kung from dead-stop to 100 km/h malamang wala akong laban, pero sa highway speeds na yun, na umaakyat baba lang kami sa 100 - 140 na range, nakakasunod ako sa kanya, di ako naiiwan.

Sa 145 kmh pala nag rpm ko nasa 3600-3800 pa yata, so kung gugustuhin, may maibubuga pa (6000 pa redline), aksaya nga lang sa gas labas nun.