Uhhhh...can I sprinkle in a little common sense?

Anyone ever run a stock'ish gear (3.23), and then put more gear in the car (4.56)?

Remember how much quicker the 4.56 gear was?...lol...

Also, loose converter with a gear like that will absolutely sucks for drivability on the street... (ever taken off from 2nd or 3rd on accident, it's terrible)

So why couldn't you do it? Oh you can, it will just be A LOT slower...

My Dad ran his blown small block car from 2nd gear this year (so he could run the Sportsman class). It's heavy, and has ~5200 stall converter. As I remember the car was about 6~7 tenths slow!