Correct rear gear ratio for 69 with 9"

[Kenova]

I am such a weeny any more when it comes to street gears. Over the years I have had street gears ranging from 2.29 all the way up to 4.56.
All of these with either a th350 or th400. I am settling in now at anything in the 3.00 - 3.50 good for the street. Depends on how revy the motor is. .

I know what you mean! I had 3.73s in my first car and thought nothing of driving all day at 60 mph. That put the revs at 3000 rpm. Now I hate the thought of spinning faster than 2000 rpm at sixty.
Damn I hate this "gettin' old" stuff LOL
Build it with lots of grunt and gear it tall.
Ken

[hotroddr]

I have 3.30s in my firebird with a smallblock and th350 with a 9" and that works great for me. no problems on the freeway. Enough gear to cruise comfortably with better off the line than my factory 2.78s. I used to hit 75 mph in first gear tached out with the th350 and 2.78 gears...ughh.
My burban has 3.73 gears and thats a little "short" or numerically high for my taste for the long haul with no overdrive. 3500 rpms to kind of keep up with traffic before I put way too big of sideway tires on the back.