Final Drive ratio, will a 3.25/1 be too steep ??

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

I do like the .80 OD gear set - have installed it in the Cobra-Z version of the T5 (Ford motorsports transmission with the 2.95 gear set). We have that transmission on a road-race Fox Body - with a 3.73 rear. We spin the 331 to 6500+ and still it takes a long track to be able to use the OD at all.

I have the same gear set (#202) in my T5 that is in the model A 2 door.
8 inch Ford rear end with 4.10 gears.
Actually it is the short throw shifter and the 3 drops of carbon tet in the ATF that makes the car go so fast.
That alone is good for 10 mph.