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Old 03-19-2011, 01:15 PM   #5
bill dedman
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Default Re: Sticks & Autos Together (Class)

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Originally Posted by art leong View Post
Bill one good reason "not" to allow them. Is breakage A manual clucth car is easier on the drive train than a brake.
There are guys that run low 10's with manual trans neons. That don't break the parts I broke with a 12 second automatic. (and trans brake)
Art,

I can't disagree with anything you said, BUT that's not what I was proposing.

Ed contends that a lot of racers are ALREADY using clutchless transmissions (which are illegal in Stock, as you know,) so IF the powers that be combine the two (automatic and stick) classes, and these scofflaws continue to use their clutchless sticks, NHRA is likely to do what they ALWAYS do when they are faced with enforcing a rule that's difficult to "police"... they will likely, at some point, just legalize cutchless shifting for sticks.

Having done that, I started looking for a way to counter that move for the automatic guys, and came up with trans brakes. Maybe lockup converters might be a better way... trans-brakes ARE hard on parts...
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