B3422w5 knows a lot about my car. With a 2.77 first gear my car hit the wheelie bar so hard it'd lift the rear tires off the ground. With a stock 2.45 it was drivable and went 1.31 at sixty feet. It'd still squeak the tires when it hit the wheelie bar. I had Keith Long at 727 specialist build me a transmission with a 2.13 first gear. It's much calmer in first gear and goes 1.30 at sixty feet. My experience with the 2.74 first gear is that if you have a 3.73 or less rear axle ratio it will help if not it doesn't help and in some cases it might slow you down. This is assuming that you already have the right converter in the car.Gonna leave it up to the tranny guy( who‘s family are all very good Mopar racers). Let him know everything with the car and see what he thinks.
Right now, I am actually leaning against it. I bracket race the thing, so consistency is the main thing( can’t believe I am saying that..lol) but I do intend to move the convertor, which might by itself, help me.
The other factor is I still have an 8.75 in the car. Broke it once already. I do now have a much better center section but it isn’t gonna last forever.
Lord willing, a Dana is next, but not this year.
