833 behind a stout 440?

As far as I remember all of my factory 440, 4 speed cars came with the 18 spline hemi tranny. The od tranny is to weak for a 440.

I always understood 440s to have 18 splines as well.

As for the OD strength ...I ran one behind a 360 W2 Roller motor. But I am not the type to be dumping my clutch at every light.