why are you not considering 3.73's? They are the perfect all round gear.
Launching a car with a lower (higher numerically) set of gears is easier than launching a car with a higher (lower numerically) set of gears. with the 3.08's it was quite a dance to get the car to launch perfect. with the 3.08's, give it some revs, slip the clucth dump it boooggg, try again, give it some rev's slip the clutch wheel spin, opps, too quick. It's spin or bog. With the 3.73's, the rear end spins with the motor, and and not against it, you are not gonna break loose as easily because the gears want to spin with the motor, not against it.
Okay lets do this, find a loose gravel road and try to launch your car hard while in third gear. Spin or bog eh? no in between, kind of sucks don't it? Now put it in first gear and try to launch hard, oh, now you can modulate the throttle and the gears spin with the motor, and you can launch, nice... Anyone wants to play race to the other side of the intersection with stock gears against me, I'm game, I'll whoop ya all day while you play with a bog/spin cluctch/gas dance.
Now, not enough torque to support a steep gear? uhmm, no. You go deep into the gears to compensate for low torque. If I had massive amounts of torque i certanly would not want a gear set that would cause me to spin freely past the torque band, I would want a higher set of gears (lower numerically) to keep me in the torque band longer, utilizing the torque.
My lx is bone stock motor, cat back, headers and suspension, full weight, and 13.2x's on radials.
Hope this has not confused!
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'92 emerald coupe, no air silencer, bored stock MAF to 60mm, sub-frames welded, strut tower brace, 180 thermo, 16 deg's, K'n'N panel, bosh platniums, u.d. pullies, off road h-pipe, hurst "stir stick", fms 3.73's. otherwise, factory original.
best 1/4 = 13.264@ 100.89mph with a 1.824 60 ft. on turbines with 235/60-R15 BFG DR's
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