It serves the same purpose, safe fuel, do better on government regulated tests.

Maybe

Not maybe.

I dislike it. 6th gear on my car is a great cruising gear

5th is pointless

5th gear is a direct drive gear.

That would be 4th gear on my car

4th is direct

So what would your solution be?

what year is it

Make 5th gear slightly shorter

Thats really all it needs

I have a 2014 Eco

Then you'd have the same complaint about 5-6

Not really. 6th gear is fine as is

at 60, what is the rpm difference between 4th and 5th

The difference hmm.

Okay i gotta think for a sec lol

I wanna say i am at roughly 2700 in 4th.

not really a fair question, I don't think I could answer that without trying

2014 Chevrolet Cruze
2014 Chevrolet Cruze 1PZ69 4dr Sedan 2LT Auto
Specs and Dimensions (Continued)
Bore x stroke : 2.85" x 3.25"
Compression ratio: 9.50:1
Gear ratios (1st): 4.58
Gear ratios (2nd): 2.96
Gear ratios (3rd): 1.91
Gear ratios (4th): 1.44
Gear ratios (5th): 1.00
Gear ratios (6th): 0.74

About 1800 in 5th

you know

I mean maybe it is just me. Thats a possibility

I think your problem with your gear ratio is because you don't like revving your car

Maybe.

I do rev it sometimes, just not super often

It doesnt help that there isnt much of a point to it in my car

The power curve really starts turning into a plateau above 4500rpm

Goes completely flat at 6k

(At least per my butt-dyno)

that's probably because smol turbo

Oh yes

Its a midrange turbo. Not high end by any means

Midrnge revs i mean

I wonder how big of a turbo that engine could spool before it started becoming more laggy

Good question.

Not a whole lotta data on it i dont think. Not many people turbo swap cruzes unless they mean to race or some shit lol

Generally people just try to keep the stock turbo and give it some help.

Probably why you start having more torque than hp once you start getting into intercooler upgrades etc. I think even after just a tune its making 165 ish horsepower and like 177lb ft

well turbo changes usually mean manifold changes which is instantly expensive