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My .o2:
Changing gears only gives you the FEELING of more power, and only in relation to the same NOMINAL stock gear ratio. . .
In other words, third gear with your new final drive will put more torque on the ground than third did stock.
The problem with changing gear ratios is that it only helps your performance if you do it with a specific goal in mind . . . you may not have enough power to pull a certain hill in fourth, but more than enough in third, so you drop your ratio slightly, and now have just enough in forth! Presto! Better times climbing THAT PARTICULAR hill. I have four different rear sprockets for my Raptor just for the purpose of drag racing up different sand hills and can tell you IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
It may be that a gear change gives you faster 0-60 times (depends largely on driving style) or faster laps on a certain circuit, but it doesn't give you more power, it just moves your ratios closer (or farther apart). In my opinion, it's not worth mesing up your free-way cruising, but that's MY situation. . . yours may be different!
I think GO has a shorter final drive, and I bet he has a reason for it. Maybe he just likes how it feels. . .
Anyway, that's my rant . . .
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