Trans shield rule??

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Mark Callanan

I think this is still waiting to be finale
Don't feed into it all...

These rules were posted last Nov 1st, This is no surprise......

[JIM MARSHALL]

My Tom Waters Trans shield fits my metric 200 nice but my turbo action shift cable and bracket not even close... Go figure...

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by JIM MARSHALL

My Tom Waters Trans shield fits my metric 200 nice but my turbo action shift cable and bracket not even close... Go figure...

If you won't so bad fast you wouldn't need one like the rest of us H and I cars! 😝

[Ed Wright]

Thank you Tony!!

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

Stock rule is here:

Any car running quicker than 10.99 must be equipped with a transmission shield meeting SFI Spec 4.1. Any car running quicker then 9.99, SFI 29.1 automatic transmission flexplate and SFI 30.1 flexplate shield mandatory.

As already posted, the Ultra Bell alone is not a transmission shield, but will serve as the flexplate shield if you need one.



Super Stock rule appears to be the same as last year. It is basically the same as the Stock rule, but there are also class-based requirements in addition to ET-based:

Cars in SS/AH through SS/MA, FSS/A through FSS/M, and any car running quicker than 10.99 must be equipped with a transmission shield meeting SFI Spec 4.1. Cars in SS/AH through SS/JA and FSS/A through FSS/M, SFI 29.1 automatic transmission flexplate and SFI 30.1 flexplate shield mandatory. Aftermarket automatic transmission bellhousing permitted; must be labeled as meeting SFI Spec 30.1 for automatic transmission flexplate shields and must be NHRA-accepted. Aftermarket OEM-style replica case, NHRA-accepted, permitted. See General Regulations 2:14.

Cars in GT/AA through GT/LA, FGT/A through FGT/J, and any car running quicker than 10.99 must be equipped with a transmission shield meeting SFI Spec 4.1. Cars in GT/AA through GT/GA and FGT/A through FGT/J, SFI 29.1 automatic transmission flexplate and SFI 30.1 flexplate shield mandatory.

This is the kind of crap I've been talking about for years. They need ONE rule: Any car running quicker than 10.99 must be equipped with a transmission shield meeting SFI Spec 4.1. Any car running quicker then 9.99, SFI 29.1 automatic transmission flexplate and SFI 30.1 flexplate shield mandatory.

Period. Done.

By jacking around with adding requirements by class, you end up with ridiculous things like cars running 11.00 needing to meet a FAR higher safety standard than another car running 10.00, cars needing to meet different rules despite having LITERALLY changed nothing but the decals on the windshield, and cars that meet 100% of the safety rules to compete at XYZ track one week, but the very same car on the very same track suddenly deemed unsafe the next week because it is a different type of event. It's asinine. There should be one set of rules for everyone!

[cad]

A Jegs 4.1 transmission shield/blanket is available and inexpensive, although only good for 2 years. The one I had before I went to a complete SFI case did NOT have a date on it...

Jegs link

Most stock 1st gen Camaros cannot fit a bolt on flexplate shield without modifying (hammering) the floor pan.

Someone got the memo on this, as the RCI blanket is now $290. It was less than $100 about 5 years ago.

[cad]

For those with a powerglide, this is a very good case for the money:
http://www.jegs.com/c/Transmission-D...e+case&Tab=SKU

Made by TSI.

[jim powers]

jim marshall. i thought it was just me, aint no way