Street Gear Poll

I run a 275/60/15 tire in my Duster with 4.10 gears. My car is a street/strip deal so the gears are OK with me. Cruising at 55 was around 3,200 RPM. All the cool-guy hot rods have gears.

Small blocks, especially stock stroke need gear to get moving. If you're not drag racing it, I'd say a 3.73 -3.91 would be good. Hyd. roller cams are not known for high RPMS.

Low gear set will get get it off the line but once it's moving the gears are the same as a regular trans. The difference is the wide ratio between shifts so if if you re on it out of the hole and shift into 2nd, you will drop more rpm than you would if you had a standard gear. You probably wouldn't notice it that much but if you pay attention to that sort of thing, it is something to consider.

I had a low gear set in my last combo (340) but opted to go with a regular ratio with the new combo (416) since it will be making a lot more torque.