gear ratios and torque

Cudafever said

here is my thoughts. a 2.76 gear would sure kill that big cubic eng torqe aka help to keep it from spinning. But if it spins it will spin for every!
If you have 4:56 gears, there is a chance of lifting a little and getting it to hook.

Now that don't really answer your question and neither does asking a question.
Were is the torque curve going to be on this eng. idle to 5000? (2.76 gear) 5500 to 7500? (4.56 gear) and a big wheel well tubed rear end. (tire height will very this some)

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the torque would be 1500 to about 5000 give or take, the cars got rusty quarters, It would be awesome to mini tub it, but its a 67 383 fs cuda so im torn between restoring it or doing the resto mod. I know its going to be hard to get it to hook up so I'm exploring every little thing I can to tweak traction so the gear question is mainly hypothetical for now. I'm thinking of doing a 450 thats way more than enough engine, instead of a 496 stroker, but that voice in my head is saying come on man, for the same price you can get a brute. MM's short blocks are the same price either way. I think I might be chasing rabbits, a warmed up 383 with 4:10's that hooks up will still be hard to beat.