Your right Gordon, I forgot that when I quoted that rpm that my R&P was 3:44
@Todd M I do think you should at least try a car that has the subie tranny to see if you like the ratios. What essentially happens is once you get a subie engine the tranny is the noisiest piece in the car. At 3000rpm or above you can't hear anything but the engine and maybe a whine from the VW tranny depending on your setup. Then you drop in a subie engine and you become more sensitive to the OTHER noises.