Factory 4 speed owners-looking for a measurement

[gnvair]

Somethings I found

 

[gnvair]

I'm a conversion 4 speed with a Comp+, but since I don't have a body on the frame I checked to see what the distance is. I got 13-7/16" at the top shifter to plate bolt, 13-1/2" at the base of the stick itself. Everything was from where the mount ear meets the bellhousing.

I got the same measurements as well using a stock ITM shifter in neutral.

 

[pagrunt]

Somethings I found

That first pic, what trans is it? It's forward most shifter position is about 1.21" forward of where my Hurst's stick sits on my Saginaw.

 

[80malibudriver]

there is a youtube video of a gbody tko install. in that video they had to make some major tunnel mods to get it to fit on top of the shifter position issue

 

[gnvair]

That first pic, what trans is it? It's forward most shifter position is about 1.21" forward of where my Hurst's stick sits on my Saginaw.

Tremec 3550/TKO

 

[pagrunt]

Tremec 3550/TKO

Looks like a good option for the future, would just have to fugure out a set up tp make the stick come up like the 3 & 4 speeds.

 

[gnvair]

The Mustang T5 is 19.51 inches. The standard rear shifter on a Tremec 3550/TKO is the same distrance as the Tremec was originally intended to be an exact bolt in replacement for the Ford T5.
The S10 T5 is 11.74 inches. I found a site that shows the F body T5 (83-92 version) is 9.25 inches further to the rear bringing that measurement to 20.99 inches so the F body version is not much further back than the Mustang T5/Tremec 3550 TKO

 

[gnvair]

Looks like a good option for the future, would just have to fugure out a set up tp make the stick come up like the 3 & 4 speeds.

Do what GM did on the 83-92 F bodies and tilt the transmission. They did this as the 82 F bodies used 4 speeds (Saginaw and Super T10's) with the left offset shifters.

 

[80malibudriver]

in this pic the orig saginaw shifter position is plated off the sec hole is from super t-10 with hurst shifter that measured 18 1/2 inches from bell housing to trans mounting surface exactly where the speed sensor connector is in the pic

 

[pagrunt]

Do what GM did on the 83-92 F bodies and tilt the transmission. They did this as the 82 F bodies used 4 speeds (Saginaw and Super T10's) with the left offset shifters.

I knew the '82 F-bodies used the for 4 speeds (Saginaws in them used a similar tail housings as ones in H-bodies) but never put any real thought in why the T5 was angled. That does add an idea on making a TKO look "factory".