What gear ratio? 283 stocker

[greg fulk]

If it was me I would buy a new 5.38 to "shake the car down" the 5.38 shouldn't be to much gear....then when you get everything working I'd look & see if I could find a used 6.14 or 5.86 to see what that would do...that way you could find the max gear it would take...I know of several cars that run the 6.14 (their all heavy). Then you could go from their. (rem not all cars are alike)