Drag radials and a four speed

I tried it myself with a fully streetable 833 with the 3.09 gear, on slicks and had a excellent clutch (Mcloud soft lock) and the rpm drop made the shift from 1st to 2nd difficult
You are right, its hard to shift when there is such a big drop, heavy flywheel/pressure plate but Yr helped me work through that with slick shifting the trans. It's still very streetable when you leave the synchros in and just grind every other tooth off them as well.