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Originally Posted by Rack776

Heh heh....Got Torque? Got to love a big bore/long stroke Pontiac.

I learned to drive stick shift on my T/A
I remember pulling out down the street for the first time and thinking "this thing is not really that fast"....It was only after going for 3rd that I realized I was out of gears and I must have started out in 3rd gear, it will pull out just fine in 4th gear.... a little slower but it will do it with no complaining. I did that once when I had a brain fart at a traffic light and forgot to put it back into first.

My friend has a 65 Mustang with a 4 speed it was a 289 now a 302, that light little thing needs 3:73 gears just to push you back into the seat properly, the ford will rev like crazy though, a pontiac 455 cant really do that..... But the mustang cant start off in 4th gear


3:23s are friggin great, If I run mine on the Highway at about 65-70mph it will cruse between 2000 and 2500RPM , not to bad.
The ancient 1980s H.O. racing RAIV cam starts to make power right about there so it goes like hell in 4th gear when you step on it and it pulls hard up to 4500, I have a 4500 MSD rev limiter on it untill I rebuild the factory stock bottom end.
3rd gear keeps you at about 40-45mph at optimum RPMs, power right where you need it, no searching for gears, Great set up for running long trips on twisty back roads.

I'd keep the 3:23 gears, if you want to go faster just add more motor!

that's exactly where i want to be RPM wise. it was running 13.5 @ 106 ish mph with the 4:10's and slicks\skinnies but it was absolutely screaming past it's powerband crossing the line. so i don't think the 3:23's will hurt my ET much.