Rear end question.

[Malice]

I posted this is the Drivetrain section but decided I'd get more responses in the general section. Need some advice from the Forum.


I am currently in the planning stage of my build.
I am having a very hard time with deciding what rear end gear ratio i should be using. My build is going to go a little something like this.

Art Morrison Chassis.
5.3l (550 - 600 hp goal)
4l65e built transmission (currently considering monster transmission)
rear end ?.??:1

I look at Art Morrison's farm truck. They used a 3.51:1.
The Icon Thriftmaster. was a 4.09:1 295/45zr18 rear tires.

Which i know this all depends on was gear ratio of the transmission and the tire size.

End result is i want this truck to run like a corvette. It won't be a zr1 corvette but c5 or c6 range sure. Good low end torque but want it to run nice and smooth at 75mph. This will be a daily driver but i want it to burn the tires when i want to.

So I am hoping for some suggestions or if someone has some experience in this area.
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