.. that no amount of power upgrades will take the place of proper gearing....

Hi H8PVMNT,

Yeah... I guess it's what is "proper" for me.  I've always run larger tires and NOT changed R&Ps and felt the sluggishness, but it never bothered me that much.  Again, I want more power.  I also want to be able to use my 4th gear when traveling at freeway speeds (here the speed limit is mostly 75 MPH), going up grades and bucking the winds we have here quite often.  With my stock 4.10s and 4th gear, 31" tires, I will be right where I'm comfortable at 70 to 75 MPH at 3100 to 3500 RPM with this cam producing peak torque.

When I figure cost per increase in torque, there's only one way to get that and it's NOT with re-gearing.

Gnarls.