Reverse lever in Funnycar

I remember seeing a thread about someone wanting to get rid of the reverse lever in their FC,replacing it with somekind of a throttlecable solution instead.
I think this was right after a (what`s his name....? )NHRA FC driver had an accident involving a rotating reverse unit....

I cant find this thread now and I`m thinking about maybe doing something similar in our Nostalgia fuel FC...
Coward...? well yes..maybe..
We have a 78 Ken cox chassie with the engine 60" out and I kinda like the idea of not having a lever between my legs in this tight space (compared to newer FC`s)

I`ve had some interesting sitiuations with getting in & out of reverse, no problem though, and I`m curious if someone here has done this cable-thing before in a FC?

Thank you for your time!

Eric

 

You might be able to adapt the Lencodrive dragster shifter that Snyder makes for RED's, it has a lever on the reverser that comes in from the bottom side of the slider shaft's pivot point, well out of the way of the precious parts, although I didn't care for the shifter itself, the whole system seemed to have a little more play than I would have liked. It had a 12 foot cable though, and that may have been part of the problem, with a shorter cable it may have a more positive feel to it.

 

Hey Eric,i have a ken cox laydown chassis,i use a lever and morse cable set up.

 

Thank you both Ronny and Kevin for your answers!
This info is really useful for me.

Kevin,
Thanx for the photos!That`s EXACTLY what I was looking for!!!
I wanna try that this summer, definitly!

I`ve been watching insidetopalcohol for some years now but have not became a member until now - it`s already (after app 16 hours!!!) of big help!

Thank you once again!

Eric

 

geat pics.......how do you do that..with the click here to upsize....

 

Glad i could help.
there are more pictures of it on my web site. nostalgiaalky.com

 

Copy then paste the img ulr from my photobucket account directly to the message.

it was pure luck,i am computer stupid.