Revving too high

[BULLzGOOD]

Originally Posted by cblock

bullzgood, interesting fact about the th400's that were on jeeps. But looks like tony malloys problem is with the higher speeds like road driving. And if you've a 454 on a half ton truck i dont see why you would need that low a gear on a rearend unless you were gonna go ofroading or drag racing.without an overdrive 3.08 or 3.42 are probably your least expensive and best choices.

you repeated my point, cblock, which was to use a higher gear ratio in the rear end. The fsj turbo 400 info was in case he wanted to haul a camper or some other heavy load. The lower first gear would simply ease the workload on the transmission.