Tranny doesn't fit, now what

I talked to Jamie at Passon Performance, he really knows his stuff. I gave him all the numbers off the tranny and he searched the computer bank in his brain and told me my trans SUCKED. It's a 1976 OD unit. Not much good for drag racing because of the gear ratios. I was about to put the scattershield on the CNC machining center and I'm glad I didn't yet, have to consider my options now. Maybe a Tremec 5 speed, Maybe a 727, maybe a stick and a twisted rubber band. In any case I'm going to back off and forget about putting it on the road this year, turn it back into a winter project like I was going to in the first place. Yah, building these project cars is a lot of fun:angry7: