how are the 833 overdrives???

My 64 273 came from the factory with these transmission gears: 3.09, 1.92, 1.40, 1 to 1, & 3.23 gears in the back. I read an old magazine test article that said shifting to 2nd gear was like stepping off of a cliff.....there was nothing there, & I would have to agree with that. I later switched to 3.91s & found myself (as mentioned above) shifting almost before I cleared the intersection, & then still having a large drop in RPM as I went into 2nd. With the lower torque of the 273 I'm sure this was a lot more noticeable than it would be with a 360. I have a guy coming by with an A/F body OD trans for me to look at. I have a rebuilt trans with a 2.66, 1.91, 1.39, 1 to 1 gearset that I think I'm going to run behind my 360 most of the time, but I can always "stab the OD trans in there" if I need to make a long highway trip (sure, swapping transmissions is easy!). Now, if I had somebody who would swap transmissions for me I'd really have the best of both worlds!