I'm taking a
break from prepping my block out in the garage... After I get finished going through my R-block, I have to finish installing the manual
brake master cylinder kit from Aerospace Components to go with the 4 piston, 4 wheel disc drag race
brake setup I've been using since the beginning of the year (with the wrong m/c up until now).
I'm going to need a parachute by the end of next year, probably... this stuff is getting out of hand (I also have to install a window net, which I just got today and was mocking up a way to install the damn thing, and still be NHRA/IHRA legal). Wolfe makes a real nice 'chute setup that bolts-up where the rear bumper goes (it replaces the rear bumper all together), and that is what I've looked into getting... soon enough. I have a very LONG list of things to do this winter.
I've never been a big fan of the progressive setups... for the reasons you've already addressed
