Finetuning questions - do I need a high-stall torque converter ?

ive had same issue with 284/484 in 318 demon with hughes 3000, goes up to 2900 and takes off pretty good, no tire spin, if i adjust back brakes off a bit it starts frying the tires around 2200 rpm. thats my experience with too much cam,but it sure starts to pull around 3500