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Originally Posted by James Findell
After racing all 3 types of cars last year (4-speed, automatic & air-shifter) I discovered the shifter type doesn't play a role in whether I won a round or lost. Leaving on time and driving the finish line seem to be more crucial to winning, which I discovered I am not very good at anymore...
The same guys will win most rounds because they can repeat rounds if you gave them a tricycle.
My preferred car to race for a fun factor is my 4-speed.
As a mentor told my once after I asked him why he switched to a 4-speed, he stated "they won't let me run a 10-speed".
I want to win, but the fun factor is hard to beat.
If I am watching my daughter go down the track, I'll take the air shifter option.
The only advantage I see on utilizing an Air Shifter personally is having more time to find an opponent, which I believe is well within the realm of the high speed cars we are currently competing against who have them.
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I am right there in front of you down track, really not that hard to find (the guy you are chasing and screaming down upon at twice plus the mile an hr...maybe now not as far out there, for the next 2 races still in D, but slowly getting a bit quicker...add me to the list that actually ?ants to shift the car manually a lot higher than is right now shifting, which is a bit more than it wad a few weeks ago when that 84' factory ecm/pm (with that rotten low gear safety at 4,800 rpm that shut off the only injector I have), finally came out and was boxed up for good I hope! I cannot wait to finally manually shift again, and see exactly how far under I can run under index. And if I can drop down a class and finally race it in it's natural DF/S at Pomona in 2026! Then will need to adjust the weight a bit up from bottom of DF/S (was .797 under last pass in Nov. 2023 there in D with that safety so maybe tickling the 1.30 danger Will Robinson point ,if I kept in EF/S?)
List me as a no vote on the air shifter as I could have an internal elect. Valve body w/ rpm or time activated box built (was quoted about 5 times the cost of an air shifter to do a 1 off for an A413 Transaxle by Tur;o Action 3 yrs ago). Let the older computer controlled EFI w/ non-Comp Trans cars use the air shifter option (but noooo, they will make us do the more expensive route). Change the phrase computer controlled car to comp.controlled transmission in the except portion of the rule and I can just add the air shifter to my B& M gate shifter cheaply. And then spend more time looking in my mirrors likeI do now on at much higher rpm shift points. As you all rocket and missle down on my rear end as usual. A 1 off electronic shifter pkg for an adapted A413 (that fits the existing rule), is in the 2K$ plus range.
At least at T.A. that already makes them for other cars (just not my combo yet). And I am a unicorn 🦄 of 1 not listed in their existing offerings. If you need an Air Shifter to hunt me down you have more issues than shifting.
I'll shift it thanks. And have fun doing it!