Column Shifters

rick lester · 07-13-2010, 11:55 PM

I am assuming your asking about column shifter for an automatic trans. In the 2010 NHRA rulebook, nothing is mentioned about "no column shifter allowed" so I would assume it is legal. I used a column shifter in my low 12 second street car back in the late 80"s so it is doable. Alot of street racers use a column shifter for that "sleeper" look. A manual transmission are allowed to convert to a floor shifter. With a few exceptions, the IHRA and the NHRA rulebooks are the same. If you don't have a NHRA rulebook, you can down the IHRA rulebook directly from their site.
Depending on what your planning on running, some combos with headers won't work with a column shifter. Other than Mopars, full size GM and Ford cars, anything with a big block would need a floor shifter.

07-13-2010, 11:55 PM	#2
rick lester Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Littlestown PA Posts: 163 Likes: 9 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: Column Shifters I am assuming your asking about column shifter for an automatic trans. In the 2010 NHRA rulebook, nothing is mentioned about "no column shifter allowed" so I would assume it is legal. I used a column shifter in my low 12 second street car back in the late 80"s so it is doable. Alot of street racers use a column shifter for that "sleeper" look. A manual transmission are allowed to convert to a floor shifter. With a few exceptions, the IHRA and the NHRA rulebooks are the same. If you don't have a NHRA rulebook, you can down the IHRA rulebook directly from their site. Depending on what your planning on running, some combos with headers won't work with a column shifter. Other than Mopars, full size GM and Ford cars, anything with a big block would need a floor shifter.