Is there a way to change the gear ratio on a 4kq?

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Tyson:
That's my dream, or drag race starting in second gear................
-Scott by BOSTON
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> From: "Tyson Varosyan" <tigran at tigran.com>
> In a light 2800lb car 300HP would top out the first gear before the turbos
> would even kick. As it is, bone stock, I can redline the first gear in less
> than a second. Nearly tripling the HP, the 1st gear will become useless and
> I would like to keep to at least five practical gears.
> 
> Being an AWD car, there is quite a bit of monkeying that will need to be
> done if a tranny from another car was to be put in. I have heard that this
> has been done, but the gear ratio differences seem to be too nominal to be
> worth the hassle. Has anyone tried to just take the stock tranny apart, use
> a gear puller to pull the gears and change out the ratios? Placing a larger
> gear on the input shaft and a smaller set on the output side should have the
> wanted effect without having to mess around with the differentials.
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