The Viper engine isn't a high revving old-school small-block Chev (that can take advantage of deep gears), when you wanted to hit max r.p.m. in high gear at the end of the 1/4 mile.
The 390 M&H drag radials on 17" wheels effectively turn my 4.56 into a 4.90 ratio because those DRs are much lower than the OEM wheels and tires.
Personally, I don't like it as "the 4.90s" try to turn a long-legged power producing Strider into a Sprinter; but I do think it would ET the same pulling a trailer or small boat as it would empty with that gearing.
Ronnie, are you running an automatic? I felt that the 4:56's were absolutely perfect when running the 1/4 mile. Once again running 4:10's with a stick absolutely sucks trying to launch unless you are running a smaller tire, and by smaller I mean the 325 version of the 390 M&H.
