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Originally Posted by DFRESH
I've been in quite a few cars with 1000 or more HP which were street drivers. Most all of them had 28 to 28.5 inch tall tires on the rear (dual purpose street and strip type cars) and, if memory serves, most ran between 3.50 to 3.73. Some of them ran as low as 3.20's, but that typically worked in conjunction with stock ratio's of a T400 trans (2.48 first gear low I believe) to tame the launch. They all seemed to do well on freeway with these setups, but these were with tall rear tires. I'm assuming you will have a 9in center section in the car with this power level, so good news is that a gear change, if necessary, won't be a very intrusive or expensive event.
Keep us posted with pics.
Doug
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My tires are 315/30/18, so I believe their just under 25.5 inches tall. Would you say with these tires and a 3:75 ratio, I would get that all around purpose car I'm looking for? I have no experience with horse power on the streets. Everything I've ever worked with is off-road, so I appreciate the advice.
Thanks