Thanks everyone!
Kiwi Paul, I have a Halibrand Camp QC in the car, not a 9 inch, so changing gears is easy. I thought we had a gearing problem, but after running the numbers again, I realize we had to have had clutch slippage.
Sparky, I have a Liberty tranny, and will be talking to them Monday about gear selection, to decide if I want to stay with it. I think a rear end with about 2.35 gears will get us to where we want to be.
Suggestions?