[Mark Yacavone]

^^^^ That's basically it. It's just a hard combo to make leave consistently.
We ran .88's with the stick ,but I suppose, with the high dollar lifters and higher seat pressure , you could run it through okay with 5.13's . That might help with overall gear ratio lower. I don't see where a lightweight double or triple disc setup would work . It seems to need some flywheel weight to launch within the rpm range.
The automatic cars work very well with a 4.56 gear, so you see that all that extra gear required for a stick is not a good situation.
Bottom line ,as I said; Too much weight, not enough rpms for a stick.

Build a 67-8 car if you have to have a stick shift Pontiac.

Thanks for reading and remembering those articles.

Mark