Haha, I don't have too much trouble getting the power down, which seems to shock people when I tell them. I have the Powerflex dogbone mount, which has settled in very well. And I recommend this to anyone without it! Makes such a difference. Pretty much eliminated wheelhop for me. Also have quite grippy Bridgestone front tyres. Might help.
However, a diff is going to be on the menu at some point I'm starting to think more and more.
i had the powerflex dogbone mount and yoko parada sepc 2s before my diff and they were awesome, shaved 0.2secs off my 1/4mile time at crail just with them alone, but with the diff its taken it into a different league now