Does anyone know the 5 gear ratios for a 4th gen 5spd and the 6 for a 2k2 6spd? Did a quick search but could find anything but I didn't search that hard cause the sever is loaded up.

 

Well i have seen the final gear ratio before on the org. Dont know about the break down. Try google.

 

These are the 4th gen ratios. I searched for a minute on google but couldnt find the 6spd ratios but I'm sure they're there somewhere.

1st 3.285
2nd 1.850
3rd 1.272
4th 0.954
5th 0.795
Reverse 3.428
Final Drive Ratio(:1) 3.823

 

This is what I found on a yahoo search:

4th gen VQ

3.285 1st
1.850 2nd
1.272 3rd
0.954 4th
0.795 5th
3.428 Reverse
3.823 Final


3.5L 2003

3.153 1st
1.944 2nd
1.392 3rd
1.055 4th
0.809 5th
0.630 6th
3.002 Reverse
3.812 Final

 

interesting thought... just curious if you can switch the trans on any max from any other nissan... im guessing yes,because such is the case with BMW's.... but obviously you would kill either your topspeed, or acc. ...but maybe this is the way to get a NA auto 4th gen into 14's, maybe 13's or what have you.

 

Neal, do you haave anything to say about this?

 

www.nissannews.com has the full specs. They also have the older car specs as well if you go into the product archive section.

 

The gearing of the 6 speed Max is really no better than the 5 speed. I don't there would be any improvement if you could (you can't) bolt up a 6 speed to the 5 speed. All the 6 speed offers is a more effective overdrive. Now if Nissan would have made the final drive a 4.20 or something, the VQ would be wickedly stout, assuming you could keep it pointed straight. I think the fact that the 2k2+ Maxima/Altimas exhibit high amounts of torque steer is why Nissan didn't go with deeper gearing. FYI, gearing is simply torque multiplication.


Dave

 

Thanks for the input everyone. I only get about 20 minutes a day to sit at th PC.