Best gears?

[spacepirate]

I just had GM's Fast Burn 385 crate 350 put into my 68 Camaro mated with a 700r4. GM states it puts out 385HP at the flywheel and I was curious what gear ratio you guys would recommend for my 12 bolt? Mainly a weekend cruiser. Also, I'm installing ridetech's 4 link with coilers if that makes a difference.

[Nessumsar]

I would go with either a 3.42, or a little peppier 3.73. The 3.73 should have you at ~2500rpm at 75, depending on tire diameter.

[spacepirate]

I'm running 255/45/18's

[Nessumsar]

I would go with the 3.73 with your 27" tire.

[spacepirate]

Copy that.

[66ls2]

3.73 just watch the brand of gears that you install I had a new moser rearend with gears that I could not identify they whined something awful ( installed by moser and the patern was correct) I just installed a set of Motive myself and the whine is just about gone most people seam to be happy with the Motive brand.

[Tony_SS]

3.73's.. i like Richmonds.. have had a few sets, the top of the line ones and all have been nice.

I've heard good and bad on Motive.

[spacepirate]

Thanks guys. I'm not familiar with Motive but I'll look into them all.

[61ragtop]

I have a 500 HP 383ci with a 700r4 and 27" tall tires running 3.89's in a 9'' rear, cruises awesome on the hwy and town. I am thinking a 4.11 or lower gear might be in the future though as I can cruise at 60mph at about 2100 rpm so a bit more rpm could be ok as I mainly drive in the city.

[spacepirate]

Yeah, thats a good point. I live in LA where its hard to get much faster than 70 because of the traffic.