2008 Infiniti M35

139 messages, Last post on Jul 08, 2009 at 4:29 PM

You are in the Infiniti M35/M45 Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

What is this discussion about? Infiniti M35, Sedan

#10 of 139 How Many Gears Are Enough by buddybrad Mar 03, 2007 (2:51 pm)
You're right, the M35 and probably the M45 should have much better gas mileage. I believe they could achieve it by tweaking the computer and changing out the final drive ratio to something higher. 5 speeds with the 5th being overdrive is easy to get 2,000 rpm at 60 mph out of. I have a '71 Buick with 350 4bbl and 3-speed transmission and I can get in the high teens cruising at 70 mph. It has a 3.08 rear end.
#11 of 139 Re: CVT [art234] by james27 Mar 03, 2007 (9:56 pm)
Replying to: art234 (Feb 26, 2007 2:02 pm) I get in the low 20's on my M35x at a steady 70-75 or so using the cruise on an interstate. I average around 19 or so in my 40 mile commute unless the traffic backs up. The traffic is often running between 70 and 80. The car could get probably considerably higher mileage if the top gear was higher. Someone else mentioned running the transmission in Manual mode which can help. They have the transmission programmed to downshift at the slightest provocation. Putting it in M, means that you control that. Fine on an interstate, but maybe not for stop and go traffic. Try it and see what you think.
#19 of 139 Posts moved by pat HOST Mar 27, 2007 (5:00 am)
Some posts have been moved to a more appropriate discussion. Here's the link: blov8r, "M35/M45 and Bluetooth" #147, 4 Mar 2007 9:16 am. Let's continue there.