I'd say go directly to the Caltracs setup, with a Dana 60, or at the very least a backbrace on - and serious parts in - the 8.75, if sticky tires are planned.
Back in the '60s the SS Hemi cars were bending the 8.75s hooking what they had back then; Missile VI went into Famoso's return road sideways, and it got captured on film.