400 big block - a883 od

WHich o/d is the strong one (countershaft bushing?) Would that be an issue?

A cast Iron case. I swap to an early cast iron main case to avoid the "floating" countershaft and can use the regular "A" body bearing retainer. Early O/D transmissions had the normal strong gears, some of the later truck and van O/D transmissions seem to have "cast" gears?