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What does RPM mean?

What does RPM mean?

  In the days when the Internet is full of extensive lousy and devious information, people are skeptical about online information. They have reasons to be skeptical. You will notice RPM is displayed every time you enter your car and wonder what it means and its significance to your driving tricks. RPM means revolutions per minute and is used to determine how many times the engine crankshaft makes a complete rotation per minute. These rotations show the times the piston moves up and down. The revolutions are shown on a tachometer, which is a device measuring the speed of the rotating shaft of a motor engine. A normal engine has a revolution range of a minimum of 500 to 1500rpm and up to a maximum speed of 7000rpm. To check your car's RPM, check a small multiplication sign near the RPM double digits instead of the four numbers displayed on the tachometer. The higher the speed of an engine, the higher the readings on the tachometer. The higher the rpm the higher the engine p ... read more

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