For a primarily strip car, I like the B&M pro ratchet too. I have two, and I like em. Some people don't like to deal with the ratchet only action, and reverse lockout mandated by nhra. And they have doubled in price since the last one I bought..
For a street/strip, I always recommend a Winters sidewinder. They are bulky, but they are bulletproof. They are a gate style shifter, they have been around for fifty years at least, they are cable rear entry, to keep it away from header heat, come with a console, unlike the turbo action cheetah. They are a specific to 727/904, unlike a fits-all shifter, available in forward or reverse pattern.
A Winters is basically almost the same shifter as a cheetah...... only almost $300 cheaper, and just as quality.
