What makes it slower is the inability to use the traction at your disposal. ALL the gears are longer with a lower ratio rear-end. Not just second.
An inability to maintain traction will have just a much of a detrimental effect to acceleration as not using available traction would.
In an attempt to not get into what could be the silliest argument ever on the internet, my reply simply is...
Drag Radials, or any tire stickier than the stock one.