[Jeff Lee]

L79 -
Clarify your intent with this car. We know it is a street / strip car. Dual useage can be more demanding than single useage. By more demanding, I'm saying what Joe is saying; suspension and / or chassis along with clutch adjustments before and after racing on the track will be necessary (not suggested, necessary; especially with clutch adjusting). Since it appears your using the slicks around town, if your looking to obtain optimum ET at the track, you'll probably need track slicks as well.
So the question is, what are you willing to do? My gutt feeling is your looking for that 9 second street car ET without having to do all the other stuff that would compromise the street duty aspect and making changes at the track. If that's the case, I would suggest adding nitrous or a bigger engine. That way you'll have 9's although the relationship between MPH and optimum ET will always be sacraficed. If you are definite on not making clutch adjustments for your dual purpose vehicle then I would suggest an automatic transmission.