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Great post!
My `65 had 3.90s in it when I bought it, and for 13 yrs the car never left town cause the RPMs on the highway were just too high for my comfort level. It was fast, no argument there, and at 35mph I could smoke the tires twice within about 10 feet in second. Once when I punched the throttle and the second when I snapped off the throttle it would bark the tires again as they slowed down. Then a couple years ago after the wife passed away I really wanted to drive the GTO to some other shows out of town, so I changed out the rear gear to the ratio it had from the factory, the 3.55s. I couldn`t believe the difference! It goes down the road like a dream and actually feels faster as each gear seems to have longer legs. I think Pontiac did a great job of picking the right ratios right from the factory and I wish I had changed the ratio back years before.
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