Last thoughts. After reading all I can so far find concerning info about the Computek Sure Start System, attempting to understand why, how it was coded, when, and the stuff and reasoning used. My humble opinion, great system, it works as designed. But, it was never added to our ruleset.
It is high time our ruleset includes it. Let's ask for a change to ammend the Race Proceedures , Section 2 of the NHRA to finally include the system we race under and use. Then this situation will not smack any of us side the head again....Next time it may get you instead of Bill and I, and that would be a shame.
And I would fight just as hard to avoid it getting you too, or us again. I have offered to help Build Bill's transaxle back stronger so that pin can never fall out of either one of ours again, I hope he takes me up on it, we have unfinished business on the track I hope.
I have personally no suggested changes I can think of concerning the Sure Start System itself, beyond adding it to the ruleset so there are no conflicts. It was designed to be good, not perfect...it replaced perfect and guessable.
The other answers are approx. 10 or 7 seconds, and all the other variations and variables you will find at the following link ...if you can fully understand them.
It took me 10 readings and a lot of math, and all I could think of was RIP Buster Couch! What a really cool memorial to the original NHRA Starter. And thank you to the Compulink Crew.
https://www.draglist.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=473