[SantaFe66]

Kanuck or Jimi,

What I'm finding, now that I can finally drive this car, is that the ratios are very close and I can skip from 1st to 3rd with no problem. Would changing the rear from the 3.54:1 to something like 3.08 give me better cruise (noise, gas mileage too, as if I care, whoops.... do now), and better than crawler speed for 1st - 2nd gear? Exactly which ratio for the rear would you recommend? Since my engine is a 390 with about 425hp and torque slightly less (guessing), it isn't going to perform as good with a 3.08 as it does now, right? How much of a performance hit will I take in going to 3.08 rear ratio?

Thanks, Paul.