I would go to a 1/2-13 all thread for lead screws. That should get to you 35 ipm. Do you have the most power supply that you can use with the current driver that you have? I have 1/2-13 all thread on my cnc, it will run up to 120 ipm where it starts losing steps so I feel safe at 60 ipm. I am using these driver Slowing 69.16.243.61&c=1&t=42892.81103125 . I am surprised that you can not run faster with the 5/16-18 all thread.