Turbo-Action E-Shift Controller

Bobby Zlatkin · 08-27-2007, 09:01 AM

We all know by now that what ever NHRA says is law. Makes no difference whether the call is correct or incorrect. Seems they would rather take it to the grave than admit they were wrong.

This first became obvious to me in the early to mid 1960's when Bill (Farmer) Dismuke bounced everyone that went through teardown with a Chevrolet '097' green strip solid lifter cam (270 & 283HP). Seems somewhere between GM & NHRA the wrong specs. got published. Even though a cam was gotten over the parts counter and run "out-of-the-tube", it was bounced. Dismuke, after a while at least, knew these guys weren't cheating. but wanted to make a point, ruling with blinders on. A lot of innocent racers (if there is such a thing) got hurt by the call that he knew was wrong.

The latest Turbo-Action Cheetah E-Shift for stockers ad in the Dragster shows that this exact same mentality still exists at the NHRA.

NHRA drew their line in the sand on this issue saying that all cars with fuel injection can use the E-Shift controller to automaticly shift and cars that came with carburetors, can not. Makes no difference if the cars original computers controlled the shifts or not.

The example used in the Turbo-Action ad is 1985 Camaro 305 fuel injection can use the E-Shift controller and 1985 Camaro carburetor can not. Neither car came from the factory with electronic shift.

Why would the fuel injection car be allowed an electronic shift and not the carbureted car? What happened to a level playing field?

Another example of how narrow minded NHRA can be.

08-27-2007, 09:01 AM	#1
Bobby Zlatkin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mills River, NC Posts: 417 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Turbo-Action E-Shift Controller We all know by now that what ever NHRA says is law. Makes no difference whether the call is correct or incorrect. Seems they would rather take it to the grave than admit they were wrong. This first became obvious to me in the early to mid 1960's when Bill (Farmer) Dismuke bounced everyone that went through teardown with a Chevrolet '097' green strip solid lifter cam (270 & 283HP). Seems somewhere between GM & NHRA the wrong specs. got published. Even though a cam was gotten over the parts counter and run "out-of-the-tube", it was bounced. Dismuke, after a while at least, knew these guys weren't cheating. but wanted to make a point, ruling with blinders on. A lot of innocent racers (if there is such a thing) got hurt by the call that he knew was wrong. The latest Turbo-Action Cheetah E-Shift for stockers ad in the Dragster shows that this exact same mentality still exists at the NHRA. NHRA drew their line in the sand on this issue saying that all cars with fuel injection can use the E-Shift controller to automaticly shift and cars that came with carburetors, can not. Makes no difference if the cars original computers controlled the shifts or not. The example used in the Turbo-Action ad is 1985 Camaro 305 fuel injection can use the E-Shift controller and 1985 Camaro carburetor can not. Neither car came from the factory with electronic shift. Why would the fuel injection car be allowed an electronic shift and not the carbureted car? What happened to a level playing field? Another example of how narrow minded NHRA can be. __________________ Bobby & Norene Zlatkin L/SA