Gearing ?

Yes I do over think but really its not bad to plan a bit.

Really my 2 choices are 2.76 or 3.23 gears. The reason I don't want to go deeper than 3.23 is with my short tires it will rev way to high on the highway.

I know the 3.23 has the advantage out of the hole with 8.50:1 overall 1st gear and even probably quicker overall over the 2.76 even though 3.23 will cross the finish line at 4500 rpm. But the 2.76 will make a great highway gear.

I know 2.76 seems really under geared.
But I consider 3.55 x 2.45 (1st) x .89 (27"tire) = 7.74:1 overall 1st gear the average gearing for most. And if I go with the 2.76 x 2.74 x .96 = 7.26:1 not a huge difference between the two.

I'll start with the 2.76 if it don't work can always swap to 2.96 or 3.23.

Thanks for the input.