gear ratios and torque

cudaFS said
I'm cross posting this from another forum, Hello, question...how much rear wheel torque is lost from a 3:23 gear vs a 3:55 gear? everybody seems to concentrate on hp and 1/4 mile, but my car will be for old school light to light fun so in my way of thinking I'm using torque as my yard stick. I already have perfectly good 3:23's
Thanks

Mopower was good enough to give me the formula for figuring out for torque (3.55-3.23)/3.23 =10% of tq loss with gear changes. so here's my updated question...is the 53 ft lbs difference in torque worth worrying about? my engine wont be a dyno queen, I'm interested in real life performance not just high numbers