Can it hook?

Well, I finally made it to the track! My work schedule has not been very nice for a long time! Had a good day racing, got 9 runs in. The car is hooking up! Took some adjusting on the rear shocks and some playing with the tire pressure. The car was in complete street trim. Full TTI 3" exhaust with x pipe and tail pipes, mechanical flex fan and water pump. Went [email protected], 60 ft. was 1.638. I improved my ET by a half second, pretty happy about that! We, the friend that went with me, think the mph was down 1 mph because of the air. It was about 80 today and previous best mph was done at night at about 65 degrees. I'm pretty happy so far, I have some work to do to get to my goal of 10's.

I'm thinking about a gear change. I have 3.91's and I'm thinking of going to 3.55's. I'm going through the lights at about 6300 or 6400. My peak hp is at 5700. I think with the short 27" tires and 2.74 1st gear it could handle the 3.55's. I know that's going the wrong way for gearing for Drag racing, but it seems right considering the rpm's going through the lights. If you figure out the starting ratio, (rear-end ratio times trans 1st gear ratio=starting-line ratio) the car is over geared, dropping to 3.55's gets it to where it should be.

Any one with experience tell me what you think?