I used to have a s10 pick up that had a 4.3L , 4 speed auto, & 3.08 gears. Added a gear vendors overdrive to that combo, it would turn some real low rpms. If I remember correctly is would turn 2000rpms @ 70mph stock, turning on the GV od brought it down to 1450rpms or so. The truck was light, the engine was kinda torquey, so it would never really lug the engine. The slowest I could go was around 52-53mph in the tallest gearing mode, the truck handled that just fine even w/ the a/c on. It was turning 1100 rpms & would get 33mpg in the summer.
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