[blue oval 50h]

You need to start out with your transmission. I would start with a good quality converter(dynamic, precision,pa). Pull the tranny and have it beefed up. Some taller gears would get you moving alittle faster, but with the converter, it should be ok. Do the little tricks, timing, shortbelt, ice the intake between rounds, pullies, remove some weight. Tranny is really holding you back.