The stock OEM and most replacement front shocks are 50-50, equal restistance both ways. It sounds like you need 2.4 or higher low gear ratio instead of what you got I remember driving a freinds 340 small block 4 speed Duster with a Dana 60 rear with 5:57 ratio and a 3:09 first gear with a 13x30x 15 Firestone slick, it was a handful for the first 500 ft It would make your arm sore after a day at the races Just kidding, shift it out of first gear at the tree usually