Anybody running 276 gears?

Like I said I use 3rd like an OD gear which is a cruising gear, should be fine on the back roads mine is.

Question is will the 1st gear performance satisfy you ?

What stall speed are you running ?
Although a different set up, I run 3.23 with 29" tire in my big block Demon. I did run 2.94s for a while, was still nice to drive even at slow speeds, I just moved the 2.94s to my Charger for Bonneville. In a former life, I ran 2.73s in a big block Camaro. There it was still good thanks to big block power.