My vote is on the 2.94 rear gears for your driving experience. They came factory on my '69 Satellite 318 with the 8 3/4. Had a 727 trans in it too. This has been my favorite driveline combination.
Added a 4 bbl to the factory 318, pulled the B Body car around just fine, with a nice 600 cfm 4 bbl to play with at all speeds. Not over-reving at 75 mph freeway speeds. The lightweight Torq-Thrust II wheels helped hugely with less rotating mass to spin up every time you take off from a stop.
Factory single exhaust system, and still got 20 miles per gallon even when playing with the 4 bbl.
So if 2.94s can pull around the larger B Bodies just fine (I am not interested in doing burn outs, just good all around driving experience). Just think how the added torque of the stroked 318 will walk it around no problem.
15" Torq Thrust wheels with these tire sizes. No need to swap rear end chunks.
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