C. truck, you are correct, if you did a lot of towing or hill driving you would probably be better off with a lower gear, 3:73 or in between,2:73 works well for me here in my area, I did lose a little off launch but not that much,, the number is correct on mine,, at 60 plus the rpm is around 1650,,, with the 3:55 ring pinion and torque tube is was 3,000 and above...webeold has similar set up with 2:73 in his 54 and he is happy with it,, to each their own, I am happy with mine and would put it up against any other 235 on the hi-way, regardless of what rear end they had, I will stay with them....you are correct that at 60 plus and you come to a hill you may drop down into fourth,, with other gearing you may not have too, no problem for me to get use to,, just gear it down and then up..Fred
