My story on gearing. Have a 37 Buick with a 52 straight 8 that has 9 more HP and 20 more #/ft of torque than a 235 but also weighs a thousand pounds more so things are about evened out. I wanted to be around 2000rpm at 60-65mph so stuck in a set of 2.73 gears to go with the 350 automatic adapted to the straight eight. A torque converter is actually a torque multiplier so in the flat lands of Texas it was WONDERFUL but then I got into the hills of Missouri and it SUCKED. Glean whatever you want from this story.
