Tranny explosion

I ran 9.80’s to 10.40’s from the late 1970’s to early 1990’s with stockish parts in my big block 727’s. Probably my big savior was number one knowing most of the do’s and don’t’s with keeping them together. Good hardcore parts were expensive and hard to come by back then so we didn’t use them. Number two biggie for me was all three big block cars I owned back then had upgraded ujoints, driveshafts, and each had a Dana rearend in them. All weak links that when they fail cause possible 727 issues.