thinking about replacing my husrt pro matic with the cheetah rev manual. my question is has anyone here used the button on the cheetah for t brake? just curious to how well it works for a t brake.

dont have an answer for ya but can i ask why your changing?

nothing wrong with the shifter, just making some changes. I have the pro matic under an original console and would like to remove alittle weight and undate the shifter.

my Cheetah is air shifted....no problems

I use the button when I reverse...I have the button on the wheel and the shifter tied together...its easier to back up with a hand on the shifter than on the wheel..at least for me

I have tried the button out for launch, its not bad but the aftermarket, "real fast" switches are probably quicker release

air shifted also never miss. i use button on shifter for line lock and faster dedenbear on wheel for t-brake

ok,i'll try the botton on the shifter first. manually shifted,do you think the cheetah is any quicker than the promatic?

What do you like better about the quarter stick?

I found if you mount the shifter angled toward the right front wheel your body's natural motion doesn't tend to pull it into third as if was parallel to the centerline.

Don't know if I explained it right but just my

I liked the Quarter Stick because you had to pull the 'little handle' back to GAURANTEE it would stop in second gear..then release it to go on to high gear. Only problem, sometimes if you were really calm/relaxed during a run, you might not pull the 'little handle' hard enough and still go into high gear.

ok,i think the cheetah is what i'm looking for. thanks

I've made the mistake (more than twice ) of leaving my hand on many different non ratchet shifters and shifted the tranny into 2 nd gear on the launch I finally got myself trained to stiffen my right arm up a lot to not let the G force move it backwards when launching the car before I wanted to shift the car I have also bang my right hand on the main roll bar by leaving it halfway limp on the shifter in one of my old bracket cars Lots of gremlins out there to mess with us drag racers BTW, I have one of both the older Winters and Fairbanks shifters, the T/A is very similar, I love them

I made a bracket that mounted on the passenger side back part of the Cheetah shifter, mounted my fast release T brake button into the bracket, and used that to launch with. The shifter handle button was for either NOS or line lock use. I would release the T brake button, grab for the shifter and shift second, keep hand on shifter and hit 3rd. Don't rest your hand on the shifter when you launch as you WILL pull it into 2nd a few times and get mad. Once I learned this simple task I NEVER had an issue with the shifter and I will not buy any other shifter. I HATE rachet shifter, the hurst was ok but not a fan of holding the lever TIGHT.

Even the woman uses a cheetah and she Loves it for it's ease of operation.
David

Put the button on anything that promotes an upward pull to your body swing with the hand, very natural motion and quicker, my opinion. Cheetas Fairbanks Winters are great because of the cable and hookups, always smooth and never had to readjust.

I use it with no issues