Reply to "3.22 ratio anyone done it?"

Yes Mark, your understanding of my post is correct. Here Europeans tend to refer to a car with lower ratios as high geared or tall gears, hence my use of the phrase "high"
My main concern is will the 3.22 be too tall for the motor? I am not looking for a higher top speed although its always a good talking point over a beer! I bought the windsor as a crate motor from Ford Racing, a 392 SVO Stroker supposedly rated at 430bhp. However it quickly lost power and developed a bad vibration problem. I have since had it stripped and rebuilt with a different cam, and full balance. Its now as powerful as it was supposed to be and very smooth. I think if I had the 3.77 i would not change, but on a long drive, such as the annual trip to LeMans, it does become a bit tiresome and wasteful given the high torque output of the Ford V8. So my question is to anyone running a 3.22 with a motor of about 450bhp, is the performance adversely affected ?
Steve