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Originally Posted by coggonobrien
I haven't started looking into the final drive ratio with first gear yet. I've got a 396 that will be bored to either 402 or 427. plan is to fuel inject it and gun for 500hp at the crank. rear tire will be about 29 tall so I was intending to use 4.10 gears for a good highway rpm. Would this render 1st gear useless?
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I'm not sure, you'd have to do the shift point math... I just know that the 500 has a 3.xx 1st, while the 600 has 1st in the 2.xx range....
4.10's with a 29" tire might make first a little high with the 600.