Drag Race Advice Needed

I always forget about the Winters, a buddy of mine put one in his dart and it’s a nice shifter. I found the trick the the cheetah is run a forward gate with the reverse pattern. That way you can eliminate the pesky 1st to 3rd that everyone who has ever ran one of those shifters has done… including me! lol The Cheetah’s really have gotten pricy. They are proud of them for sure.
Does that require buying more stuff ?