Cal trac /mono leaf results

Well at out test n tune, with the 9" Ford diff.,Cal trac's with their mono leafs and shocks all around, I picked up 4 teeths over S/S springs and a snuber (which worked fine).
I did go from 4:30 gears to 4:57's,and left full on the converter @ 5500 instead of 4400 as I did all last year (didn't trust the 8 3/4 after I lost the 1st one on the 4th pass last year at TT).
I lost 2 miles per hr.though, but it was windy, along with crossing @ 6600-6700 RPM's. My motor is out of breath @ 6200, but it's O.K. because of the Eagle rods, Ross pistons etc. it can take it.
I was crossing last year at the beginning of the season @ 7200 with the 4:89's, but man I thought I wasn't going to make it to the finish line.
It also wheelies about 12" + and carries them out(pictures later), unlike how it left before, it kind on "stink bugged",pulling thw wheels up and out of the lights about an inch.Now it shoots out of the lights like this motor did in my Duster and glass Daytona.
I am running Hoosier 29.5 X 11.5X15 wide (13" thread), car weights 3175# w/out me in it.
It ran 11:07 and 11:08, good enough for me@ 4000' that would be 10:67-10:72 @ Seattle.Our track is adjusted 4 th's slower then sea level, which kind of sucks!