What gear ratio for a street car w/occasional track use?

AJ/FormS said
With what 28" street tires? I want those!!
If I had a 408, and that's all it would do with a starter gear of 3.55x2.44= 8.66, on street tires, I'd be disappointed too.

That 2.44 only came in the Hemi-boX. If you have a 1x23 input then you have either a 2.66low, or the waaaay less common 2.47low, T/A box. There was a third box, in the first-gen Barracudas with a 3.09 low. You shouldn't be needing that one,lol.
The 2.66 box has a 9% better low gear and slightly wider ratios than the 2.47.. And the 3.09 box has a 16% better low gear than he 2.66, and the rest are the same. Here are the ratios;
2.47-1.77-1.34-1.00 and splits of .72-.76-.75 Close ratio 70 T/A
2.66-1.91-1.39-1.00 and splits of .72-.73-.72 Common
3.09-1.92-1.40-1.00 and splits of .62-.73-.71 1st-gen Barracuda deep-low

It was the 2.47 ratio that I meant not 2.44. My transmission is the interlocking cover 72 trans.

After my first initial burnout my Mickey thompsons seem to have pretty good traction. Running them at 20 psi.

I'm thinking I'll hold off doing anything drastic until I've driven the car more on the street and after the nationals when I've raced it. I've only driven this car on the street with the big tires three times.

As a matter of fact my traction test last weekend was probably not a good test because it's occurring to me that my revving to 3k to launch it was on the way to a big car show at a stoplight. I had a 12x12 foot canopy in the trunk, a cooler full of ice and food in the back seat, 2 chairs, and a propane portable bbq along with a passenger that weights close to 300 pounds. Which as a side note broke my Procar seat when I punched it and took off from a 20 mph role after I did my smaller burnout across the intersection. His seat sheared all the teeth off the reclining part and he slammed into the back seat. Needless to say those seats which were 2 weeks old got pulled out and returned. Original lowback buckets are in now.

I realize track launching will be different so I'll still have to experiment with rpm levels but I'll have to do more on the street testing now that I don't have 500 or 600 pounds of added weight in the car.