Mike, I wouldn't worry about not having everything in the set-up "ideal". For what you and I are doing, our cars drive fine on the street and run at the roll bar rule at the track.
I stick with the wrong converter and 3.42 gears because I like driving the car, and it is very easy on fuel for "normal" driving. I'm just a 4200rpm's converter, 3.90 gears and set of full race slicks from high 10 second runs.
I could really care less about all that, the car starts with one blip of the throttle to engage the electric choke, idles down nicely after a minute or so, idle fine, drives as smooth as a 71 Catalina with a 400 2bbl engine in it, and runs under the roll bar rule at the track without too much effort.
My "tight" converter/3.42's has it laying out WAY too long in low gear, but once past 4000rpm's it races quickly thru 2nd and 3rd and still makes great runs at the track. Sure, the engine certainly wants more gear and converter, but that's not the point, I like it just the way it is, and completely happy with how it runs everyplace.......Cliff
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73 Ventura, SOLD 455, 3740lbs, 11.30's at 120mph, 1977 Pontiac Q-jet, HO intake, HEI, 10" converter, 3.42 gears, DOT's, 7.20's at 96mph and still WAY under the roll bar rule. Best ET to date 7.18 at 97MPH (1/8th mile),
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