Passat 6mt cruising rpm

Does anyone have the cruising rpm's listed somewhere for high highway speeds?

In 6th gear on the highway, what is the engine rpm at 65, 75, 85, and 95 mph?

And if they make one, has anyone installed a taller 6th gear?

I try to keep to 65 MPH and, IIRC, the RPMs are at about 1,800.

Took some MPH/RPM data this morning on the way home from work. For the MPH reading I used the cruise control readout in the MFD instead of the speedometer. The speedometer reads a mile or so high. As the tachometer scale indices are every 200 RPM, the RPM readings are where all the error is going to be.

MPH RPM
50 1300
55 1420
60 1600
65 1700
70 1820
75 2000
80 2150
85 2250
90 2400
95 2600

Taller 6th gear? Not needed at all. I tend to downshift to 5th gear at 50 MPH because the engine feels like it wants to start to lug a bit. The owner's manual says you can go as low as 1100 RPM but, in my car at least, the engine is lugging at that RPM. Maybe not so much in a DSG TDI Passat.

Thanks Brian. Exactly what I needed! No need for a taller 6th indeed! I'd say I average 82-85mph on most morning commutes, and at 2100-2250 rpm, what more could you ask?
In my mk4 with stock gearing, going 85mph means 2900-3000 rpm and a lot of noise and poor mpg.

BKmetz said:

Took some MPH/RPM data this morning on the way home from work. For the MPH reading I used the cruise control readout in the MFD instead of the speedometer. The speedometer reads a mile or so high. As the tachometer scale indices are every 200 RPM, the RPM readings are where all the error is going to be.

MPH RPM
50 1300
55 1420
60 1600
65 1700
70 1820
75 2000
80 2150
85 2250
90 2400
95 2600

Taller 6th gear? Not needed at all. I tend to downshift to 5th gear at 50 MPH because the engine feels like it wants to start to lug a bit. The manual says you can go as low as 1100 RPM but, in my car at least, the engine is lugging at that RPM. Maybe not so much in a DSG TDI Passat.

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I need to double check that against the '15 DSG, its going to be pretty darn close to that.