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Howdy!

I am putting a SBC 350 (it was bored out 30 over by the previous owner), a Borg Warner T56, and a Ford 9" rear-end in my 1951 Chevrolet 3100. It's all going on a 1987 Chevrolet S10 frame.

The T56 gears are 2.66, 1.78, 1.30, 1.00, 0.74, and 0.50.

I plan to have 20" rims on it with tires of a 28" or 29" diameter.

I need to rebuild the Ford 9" and I am wondering, what ratio you guys would recommend I put in the rear-end?

I don't plan on racing it, but making it a cruiser that will have a little bit of get-up to it if necessary. I would also like to have decent gas mileage. As we all know, it's not cheap right now, so that is somewhat important. Being those things said, I was thinking a 3.73, but wanted to get y'all's opinions before moving forward.

Any advice?