[hat_man]

I just don't want to be too slow. The little towns I pass through lead directly into two lane blacktop with few if any safe passing zones. Slowing down other drivers also on their way to work could result in someone trying to pass in a sketchy area. I can't control other drivers but I don't want to make a bad situation worse if you know what I mean.

Any idea on how slow I might be from a dead stop with the 3.27? After reading all this great information, I am again leaning towards that. Unless it's still going to be a turtle.

I can probably improve acceleration by freeing up some usable hp with an e-fan and maybe an aluminum drive shaft. Building a hybrid M5OD-R1/HD transmission would definitely help but be pretty expensive.