I must admit that Bambi has a point. Back in the day we all thought we were cool with our cable shifters and RMVBs. A few months back our club got the low down from a former NHRA/IHRA Super Gas champ. It seem his tranny guy spent a lot of time perfecting the automatic shift points in the 727, weighing and adjusting the governor weights for specific shift points. His shifter was mostly for show, when he launched he never touched the shifter until he cleared the lights and then just nudged it into neutral to save the rods. This left him able to hold the wheel perfectly straight with both hands and take the shortest route from A to B. I think he used a factory shifter in his Challenger.