[Drunk_Butterfly]

I really hate my sixth gear, it's too close to fifth. I have a MZ3 Hatch, is there something that can be done about it?

 

[OrangeVirus1]

to close in ratio? I dont know how it could be too close as in " mis-shifting" into 6th from 4th hahah. hmm don't use it

 

[Drunk_Butterfly]

It's too close as in ratio

 

[OrangeVirus1]

it's just a cruise gear man.. to help save a penny per mile.. 6th gear helps when your over 80mph

 

[Crespo]

it's just a cruise gear man.. to help save a penny per mile.. 6th gear helps when your over 80mph

Over 80 I get like 24 mpgs... Also, skip 5th. What I do. :yes:

 

[Drunk_Butterfly]

I know that it was put there to ease the thirsty 2.5, but cruising at 80 in sixth is over 3k RPM. When I cruse, I like to be around mid two's.

 

[OrangeVirus1]

then cruise slower. little 4 cylinders can't cruise a 4,000lb car @ 75mph at 2k dude the power just isn't there, you'd eat gas like crazy

 

[Drunk_Butterfly]

I don't want a 100 MPH cruising speed, as fun as that would be, that's not what I want. I just want to be able to do highway speed without cranking it at 2,700.

 

[OrangeVirus1]

unfortunately.. that's impossible. if you keep the throttle low, you could easily get 25-27mph @ highway speed.

 

[Drunk_Butterfly]

How can you keep the throttle low? I'm lost...

 

[OrangeVirus1]

keep your foot barely on the pedal?

 

[MacheteJames]

then cruise slower. little 4 cylinders can't cruise a 4,000lb car @ 75mph at 2k dude the power just isn't there, you'd eat gas like crazy

Wrong. The car weighs just a tad over 3,000lbs, the 2.5 is about as large as 4 cylinder motors come, and the Skyactiv models do have a lower ratio in 6th than the 2.5, which is part of the reason why that car gets such better mileage. Mazda calculated the 2.5's ratios in order to keep the motor on the boil, so to speak, and it's the reason why passing at 70mph in 6th is pretty easy. 4.11 final drive plus super short transmission ratios are some of the primary reasons why the car is as fun to drive as it is.

 

[Rherold9]

Cruise control, engine break, you will save a lot of mpgs. lol

 

[Adam3s]

cruising at 80 in sixth is over 3k RPM. When I cruse, I like to be around mid two's.

Then cruise at 70 mph or go buy a Skyactiv.

 

[Frnchplayr15]

Then cruise at 70 mph or go buy a Skyactiv.

Haha that's what I was just going to say!

 

[OrangeVirus1]

Cruise control, engine break, you will save a lot of mpgs. lol

ahh yea I forgot that the cruise always tries to maintain best MPG

 

[SHABBA6789]

I love how the joke is no longer, "should have bought a speed", now its "should have bought a Skyactiv"...lol

 

[Vicarious Chair]

Wrong. The car weighs just a tad over 3,000lbs, the 2.5 is about as large as 4 cylinder motors come, and the Skyactiv models do have a lower ratio in 6th than the 2.5, which is part of the reason why that car gets such better mileage. Mazda calculated the 2.5's ratios in order to keep the motor on the boil, so to speak, and it's the reason why passing at 70mph in 6th is pretty easy. 4.11 final drive plus super short transmission ratios are some of the primary reasons why the car is as fun to drive as it is.

Jeez, OV. What gave you the impression the car was in camaro weight territory? Skyactiv's are actually even less.. like in the 28-2900lbs range.