A Member who I have not seen on here for quite some time, had an 833od in an A-body with a 360. I asked him about it and he said he never noticed any drastic difference: the 360 pulled the wide-ratios with ease and still did low 13's in the 1/4. 340Shorty had the same set-up in his truck and he liked his as well.

I just got one in an '84 Ram with a 318 2bbl. With 2.94 gears, 30" tires, and at 4000 pounds that 833od is fun as heck to drive. I got back into one of my close-ratio ratio cars and it felt like you had to shift all the time. It seemed like it was wasting power.

The 1st to 2nd is not an issue at all, 2nd to 3rd is a little much but nothing you can't get used to.