Maybe, Bill. For now, it's a "Tangerine Manta Ray"
Time to give the rear wheels a rough trim for size.
Final drive ratio formula is: gear ratio divided by wheel OD.
The wheels on this car were about 1.2" OD, spur gear 48 tooth 1.045 OD, pinion 20 tooth.
Final drive ratio = 2.0
The chassis clears by a mile with this setup - if I can lower the car a little, yet maintain the stock parts and approximate gear ratio, it will be cool
I dug up a 46 tooth, .946 OD spur gear, and played with the math.
A .946 spur requires at least a 1.071 wheel to make it clear .0625, so I added a fudge factor and called it 1.125
A 46 tooth spur mated to the 20T pinion = 2.3 gear ratio
2.3 divided by 1.125 = 2.0444, pretty darned close to 2.0 original