I run a BB MT stroker in a handling application with 8.75. In perfect conditions it will "hook" in 2'nd gear with 200 TW road track tires. Full power 1'st gear would blow off the tires and I have never even tried it. Launch means feather the clutch and throttle in 1'st and if the track is warm maybe full power in 2'nd. I believe the 8.75 will live with full power in 2'nd and higher gears.

If I got to the point I thought it might hook in 1'st the 8.75 would be gone. D60 or well beefed 9". Major parts breakage is expensive. The 8.75 worked on high speed circle track behind hot Hemis... not so much for drag race.