Shifter style preference

[LemonWedge]

Ratchet shifter or Gated shifter and why?

Additional if you feel stongly: Exactly which model?

GO!

 

[Aron Gleason]

I've heard a winters shifters is good for precision shifts.

 

[RemCharger]

PPP with the air shifter! Is what I would do. I currently have a B&M Pro Ratchet which I'm very happy with, but the next step would be the PPP

 

[33 IMP]

I had a cheetah in my 62 savoy. Bullet proof (likewise the winters) but not idiot-proof (me).
Too many 1-3-2-3 passes to suit me, so I modded the cheetah for a forward pattern glide, and put it in my Tina. Functioned perfectly in that application.
Put a B&M pro ratchet in the 62, love it, put another in my Opel.
The ratchet works with the forward pattern or reverse. I'll still be able to use it when I put in the reverse pattern transbrake trans.
Air shifter would be great on the strip, but I think a pia in a street car. Contrary opinions welcome, I've never tried one.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I'll never give up my pushbutton shifter

 

[33 IMP]

I've heard a winters shifters is good for precision shifts.

Winters is a great shifter, wouldn't hesitate to use one in a street car, but I tend to make too many mistakes in a race application with a gated shifter. But that's just me. (And a Winters is at least $100 cheaper than the essentially same Cheetah.)

 

[Budnicks]

for my last few cars street strip stuff drivers
I used Quicksilver B&M shifters, my old silver 68 RR RM23
that went 8.50s on N2O, had a Quicksilver in it too, never any issues
worked fine

I have one on the shelf brand new in a box, for someday
if I ever do the manual Cheetah Valve-body rear band apply in my car
I have sitting on the shelf too

a Pro-Stick is more 'race related' (B&M too) easy to use lock out lever too
depends on personal preferences, forward or reverse valve body needed

 

[dvw]

Of course I love push buttons. Second choice is the B&M Quick silver in my street car. Works flawless.
Doug

 

[Tex013]

B&M proratchet for mine . Never a missed gear no mucking around to access reverse / park . Mate has a gate Hurst I dont like changing how i shift between gears ie pulling trigger for 1 shift but not other . Fitted a M&M in another mates Chev , real nice bit of kit works clean especially with air shift . . Not sure they do a mopar
A rear cable entry race shifter would be great , to rear of transmission , to avoid headers . I think there was one but cant remember may have only been for forward pattern ?
A ratchet cannot overshift/miss a gear , 1- 3 .Unless wildly out of adjustment .
Oh yeah i had a Hurst ratchet years ago but every now and then it would just go out of adjustment , no idea why .
IMP air shift is no issue on street at all

Tex

 

[fourgearsavoy]

I prefer a V-gate for my race box and a Supershifter for my street box

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Reverse pattern column shift ala A990.
I think the OP wanted to hear about the ratchet or gated, but we all got carried away with our biases. LOL.
Here goes: I always loved my street super shifter when I had three pedals underneath.
Someday again, someday again.

 

[Jeff Peterson]

 

[33 IMP]

I had a Mr Gasket vertical gate. Great Race shifter, not so great street shifter (in my opinion)
I much preferred my competition plus Hurst. Sometimes with a knob, sometimes a T-handle.
I made a couple pistol grips for my pro ratchets.

 

[LemonWedge]

Reverse pattern column shift ala A990.
I think the OP wanted to hear about the ratchet or gated, but we all got carried away with our biases. LOL.
Here goes: I always loved my street super shifter when I had three pedals underneath.
Someday again, someday again.

Interested in all opinions & hardware FMJ, especially yours. I did notice from pictures in the “Elephant” thread that it looked as though you were shifting one of the worlds baddest 65 Dodges with a column shifter, and found myself musing at the irony.

The reason I really asked was that that I’ve been watching a lot of Super Stock videos, and I noticing that literally every car I see has a gated style shifter, be it a PPP, Cheetah, TCI…. Whatever. So Im trying to understand it. Like Tex, I’m of the school of thought that doing something different for the 1-2 than you do for the 2-3 seems to just be adding complexity to something that doesn’t need be. Also, grab the lever wrong or push wrong at the gate and voila…. Wrong gear.

With a ratchet shifter, it’s the same action for both shifts…. Just bang it! No thought required. No possible way of missing a gear. Just seems like a no-brainer to me, so I’m trying to understand it.
For reference, I currently utilize a B&M quicksilver, and do like it. As my car turns the corner from “street / strip” to “racecar”, I’m considering moving to a stealth Pro-Ratchet.

 

[33 IMP]

When I had my cheetah hooked to a reverse pattern 727, if I just slapped it for the 1-2 shift, perfect, bullet proof. A very solid shifter. Converted to work on a powerglide.... flawless.
If something in the pass distracted me, and I grabbed the shifter.... 1-3.
I agrek e, never liked the idea of having to pull a lever, or NOT pull a lever, depending on the gear change. That's even more concentration required that slap or pull.
I've got a ratchet in one car that's reverse pattern, and one car that's forward. When I change to a reverse pattern, I can still use the exact same shifter.

 

[6PKRTSE]

PPP in my street/Strip Challenger. Stock shifters in all my other cars.

 

[Dodge 330]

Hurst pistol grip quarter stick. Love the way it feels and the way it works on the street and strip. Doing my best to wear out the "go baby go" button on the top!

 

[qkcuda]

I'll add another vote to the Quicksilver side. I ran one in my 11 second street/strip car and it worked great.

 

[64plymouth]

When I started messing with cars in early 80’s most everything was a ratchet shifter. Ratchets don’t like the cold so half the time they would stick. In the 90s went to a pro stick and love it! I have ran it so long it’s second nature

 

[MarPar]

Hurst pistol grip quarter stick. Love the way it feels and the way it works on the street and strip. Doing my best to wear out the "go baby go" button on the top!