New shifter rule poll

[DG]

Originally Posted by JP1738

I'm with you guys on 2-steps, no idea why autos have them. I do not use one and I'm honestly not sure why I would need one.

I am sure you would agree that to cut consistent reactions times while foot braking you need to have steady starting line rpms. With dual 750 carbs and vacuum secondaries, my car is not easy to hold a steady rpm while staging. The 2 step lets me leave consistently at the desired rpm. You may not need one, but other combinations do.

[Adub464Q]

Originally Posted by DG

I am sure you would agree that to cut consistent reactions times while foot braking you need to have steady starting line rpms. With dual 750 carbs and vacuum secondaries, my car is not easy to hold a steady rpm while staging. The 2 step lets me leave consistently at the desired rpm. You may not need one, but other combinations do.

Could the same logic be applied to the air shifter? The air shifter may allow some combinations to be more consistent, like the older combos to be more consistent with the newer combinations.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Adub464Q

Could the same logic be applied to the air shifter? The air shifter may allow some combinations to be more consistent, like the older combos to be more consistent with the newer combinations.

I get what you're saying. But we were able to predict the ET of the Camaro (69 427/425 AA/SA) within 0.01, or less, every pass, with a full manual valve body and a Quarter Stick 2 shifter. It was every bit as consistent with that as it was with an auto 1-2 shift valve body.

[L.Fite]

Originally Posted by Adub464Q

Could the same logic be applied to the air shifter? The air shifter may allow some combinations to be more consistent, like the older combos to be more consistent with the newer combinations.

I gar on tee...
If they pass that rule, every auto car in the lanes will have an air shifter...

[SDmopar]

Originally Posted by L.Fite

I gar on tee...
If they pass that rule, every auto car in the lanes will have an air shifter...

It?s already a rule for 2026

[Ellis V Buth]

Originally Posted by L.Fite

I gar on tee...
If they pass that rule, every auto car in the lanes will have an air shifter...

My Ranger won’t. Travis’ Mustang won’t.

We regularly run our bracket cars in pro, which allows air/electric, and they don’t. They also allow transbrakes and we typically footbrake (haven’t had Transbrake hooked up for 7 years now). Just because it’s available doesn’t mean we will all have it. I still footbrake the Mustang when I run it in stock and hope to do the same with the Ranger once we get it redone.

I’m not firm on whether I want them in the class or not. But I am firm that I want the class to actually speak up on the issue and do what is truly “wanted” and “in the best interest” of the class as a whole.

My .02 worth very little of course! I’m just a young pup in a slow car that’s totaled when I have to change the tires as someone once put it on here

[doglover44]

Originally Posted by JP1738

I'm with you guys on 2-steps, no idea why autos have them. I do not use one and I'm honestly not sure why I would need one.

Didn't know you don't run a 2 step !

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by doglover44

Didn't know you don't run a 2 step !

sure don't. That's just one more thing that can't go wrong in my operation.