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Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? #1776725
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And why do you like it

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: RAY1969CARS] #1776726
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PPP nice positive engagement simple to use.

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: RAY1969CARS] #1776727
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B&M Pro Ratchet.... why... because it has NEVER missed
a shift

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1776728
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Quote:

B&M Pro Ratchet.... why... because it has NEVER missed
a shift






Same here for the same reason.

I also have a T handle W/ a button for the line lock on it.

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: WILD BILL] #1776729
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Im with Wild Bill and MR.P,
I run the B&M Pro Ratchet, and it is flawless after all these years.
But if i found a smoking deal on a PPP shifter, then i would buy it.

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: HEMIDARTS] #1776730
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Im a Street / Strip guy.... using a B&M Quicksilver. Bought it because I liked the look. Found that I love the way it works and It's real solid feeling. Manual VB 727, so I'm up & down the gears all the time on the street, and I've never missed a shift

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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1776731
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Quote:

B&M Pro Ratchet.... why... because it has NEVER missed
a shift





Same here, for many years.

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: StealthWedge67] #1776732
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Quote:

Im a Street / Strip guy.... using a B&M Quicksilver. Bought it because I liked the look. Found that I love the way it works.




I put the same thing in my Rampage... sorry I didnt
put a Pro Ratchet in instead.. but I liked the looks
of the Quicksilver counsel

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1776733
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My street car has a Quick Silver which works excellent. But I prefer this.
Doug

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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: RAY1969CARS] #1776734
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Turbo Action Cheetah SCS.... It's been a hate/love relationship. It was a miserable POS with the reverse pattern gate. Easy to miss a shift or overshift, sloppy feel from N-1-2. This shifter is dependent on the "rooster" comb on the trans and has no built in detents. I recently swapped in a clean N trans brake, and changed the gate on the shifter. It is 100% better with the new gate..... but "unfortunately" a PPP clean N shifter w/t airshift came up for sale and I picked that up. No doubt, look in every serious race car these days....you'll find a PPP.

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1776735
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Reverse manual 727: I had a B&M Mega shifter, loved it but sold it for a Cheetah shifter...I could not get used to it, I'd get excited in the later rounds and pull it from 1st to 3rd, it was my problem, not the shifter, I'd pull instead of slap it to shift

Sold it and installed a B&M Pro Ratchet with a pistol grip and I love it, never missed a shift, but guess what? After watching my Go Pro in car vids...I slap it?

I'd say the best shifter depends on the guy shifting it. One size does not fit all.



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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: J_BODY] #1776736
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The gate in my hand was the "reverse manual" pattern TA supplies. As you can see you had P at the top, R, over the stop to N, and then 1-2.....all three positions inline, you can see where this would cause issues. It was actually doing to 1-2 shift on it's own launching off the brake. The gate I installed is soooo much better. 1'st gear is at the stop, down to 2nd where it moves over ready for 3, and then you have to pull it over for the last N.

another point is the TA shifter being a gate shifter you still rely on the N safety in the trans. Most "ratchet" shifters give you the option of having the N safety feature run off a switch in the shifter itself.






Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: J_BODY] #1776737
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I'll take this off the wall after the decoration novelty wears off and install it in the car this unit shifts soooo nice. Can't wait to give it a whirl!


Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: J_BODY] #1776738
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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: GY3] #1776739
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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1776740
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Quote:

B&M Pro Ratchet.... why... because it has NEVER missed
a shift



. I agree same reason why I use one


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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: WHITEDART] #1776741
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I have a hurst quarter stick(same as b&m pro ratchet) and a cheetah,i don't like the cheetah but I love the hurst, i'll probably end up swapping the cheetah out for another hurst

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: RAY1969CARS] #1776742
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I also have the B&M Pro Ratchet
It's been in my car for 21 years and I never missed a shift

Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: RV2] #1776743
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Cheetah reverse pattern. I can see how making the accidental 1-2 shift could be a problem although it's never happened to me, and my car is slow enough not to worry about it happening on its own. It's smooth, easy, and reliable.


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Re: Which automatic shifter are you using !!?? [Re: upnover] #1776744
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Hurst 1/4 stick...b/c I hate ratchet shifters.

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