Gear change with w2 408

I finally figured out to gear my A833 combo to redline at 60mph in second gear; redline being peak power plus ~300 on my long slow flat peak.
With my GVod used as a splitter, and the 3.09 Commando, this is 3.23s, as first-over is 2.41, and 60=5800. (3.55s gets me ~6400)
Thing is, the car goes 93 in the Eighth, requiring about a 5.19 ratio. I get that with 3.55s in second over(5.32). That's one pull on the stick and two electric shifts, ending at 93=6150.(or 5600 with 3.23s.)
I went with 3.55s cuz the GVod gets me 65=2240.
And the rest is what it is.
I like the heavy flywheel with my lil 367, cuz that makes it a dump-it-and-go deal around town. Just blip the throttle and feed the clutch out, letting the flywheel inertia make a nice smooth take-off.
One thing I discovered real early was the engine jumpiness off idle with hi-way gears. My 230* cam does not like an idle speed below about 700 with "normal" for automatics timing. At 177psi cranking cylinder pressure, the power pulses are just too strong. So, 700 with 3.23s and a 2.66 low makes the minimum speed to be 6.6 mph, and parading was out. I swapped in 3.55s and a 3.09 low, and retarded the timing (with a dash-mounted, dial-back, timing delay box), and got her to 4mph @550rpm@5* advance; on a 500 rpm minimum in gear and rolling,idle-speed. And the heavy flywheel helps smooth the power pulses.Now, parades were back on the table.

As you have discovered also; for a streeter, second gear is where it's at, and the rest is what it is.
and driving too slow makes a jumpy car that the only cure for, is to toe-the-clutch. And you can't really get away with that for a 20/30 minute parade.

But hey, yur gonna need some more serious rubber real soon,lol.
and maybe slapper bars at the least. Yeah I really said slapper bars,lol.