OFFICIAL "I want a B&M or Hurst RATCHET SHIFTER for my '98 and above F-Body" Thread
12-29-2004, 12:36 PM
#42
Originally Posted by Black LS1 T/A
My question, though, kp, is how you bolt it to the floor. It doesn't mate to the existing pattern. Did you drill-to-fit sheet metal screws, drill and install bolts from bottom or top, have to make a custom bracket, etc, etc?
A4 floor has the shifter bracket welded on but that can be cut off if need be. I had posted this a year or so ago with more pics but here is a few pics I have left on my computer from when I did it.
Last edited by kp; 12-29-2004 at 12:44 PM.
12-30-2004, 01:21 AM
#45
Originally Posted by Black LS1 T/A
kp... that's more than 45 mins work, dawg... lol
Thanks for postin' up...
Thanks for postin' up...
I used to do stuff like this for a living and if it took me more then 3 hours to put a shifter in I wouldnt be making money
12-30-2004, 08:30 AM
#46
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Originally Posted by kp
... if it took me more then 3 hours to put a shifter in I wouldnt be making money
Well, I took the stock shifter out and put in the B&M Megashifter. It's the tall, generic one, so I won't be sticking with that. I doubt BMRacing is going to create a console shifter for us (if they haven't done it for nearly five years, who's gonna convince them to do it with a defunct model car). They may not understand the guys that are going to keep these cars, buy them from someone else, etc., are the hardcore folk that will want a ratchet shifter, but "oh, well".
I guess I will decide what shorter-stick version I will get later.
Turns out there is a raised bracket in the floor that was perfect to drill one hole in the front and two holes in the back and use the stock metal screws. I could have driven my Van this morning, but I wanted to see how it drove (haven't done the wiring, yet). So I left the slide switch in that detects Park/Neutral.
SilverGhost is supposed to be sending me an M6 console that was a hacked up for a Megashifter install, so I'll run with that for a minute.
Thanks for all your advice, kp!
12-30-2004, 10:03 AM
#47
Main reason they wont make a shifter for these cars is there is no reason to manual shift them with a stock trans. I sure wouldnt make a shifter for a OEM console counting on people to do TH400/350/PG swaps in a car they dont make any more..
The hammer is a clean install and you can easily trim the M6 boot to work with it. The upper console will need a little trimming on the front but the boot covers it. A hurst quarter stick is plenty low but the way the reverse lockout lever is you couldnt use a boot. I didnt think I would like Hammer since I am used to a little more 'race' oriented shifter and it looked a little cheap. But it always worked perfect and the way its gated makes sense. Plus the hammer can be used with a 4l60, TH350/400 and powerglide, forward or reverse pattern, so once you install it you are done no matter what trans you put in
The hammer is a clean install and you can easily trim the M6 boot to work with it. The upper console will need a little trimming on the front but the boot covers it. A hurst quarter stick is plenty low but the way the reverse lockout lever is you couldnt use a boot. I didnt think I would like Hammer since I am used to a little more 'race' oriented shifter and it looked a little cheap. But it always worked perfect and the way its gated makes sense. Plus the hammer can be used with a 4l60, TH350/400 and powerglide, forward or reverse pattern, so once you install it you are done no matter what trans you put in
12-30-2004, 09:47 PM
#48
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Thread Starter
Thanks... Hammer it is. :~)
Originally Posted by kp
Main reason they wont make a shifter for these cars is there is no reason to manual shift them with a stock trans. I sure wouldnt make a shifter for a OEM console counting on people to do TH400/350/PG swaps in a car they dont make any more..
The hammer is a clean install and you can easily trim the M6 boot to work with it. The upper console will need a little trimming on the front but the boot covers it. A hurst quarter stick is plenty low but the way the reverse lockout lever is you couldnt use a boot. I didnt think I would like Hammer since I am used to a little more 'race' oriented shifter and it looked a little cheap. But it always worked perfect and the way its gated makes sense. Plus the hammer can be used with a 4l60, TH350/400 and powerglide, forward or reverse pattern, so once you install it you are done no matter what trans you put in
The hammer is a clean install and you can easily trim the M6 boot to work with it. The upper console will need a little trimming on the front but the boot covers it. A hurst quarter stick is plenty low but the way the reverse lockout lever is you couldnt use a boot. I didnt think I would like Hammer since I am used to a little more 'race' oriented shifter and it looked a little cheap. But it always worked perfect and the way its gated makes sense. Plus the hammer can be used with a 4l60, TH350/400 and powerglide, forward or reverse pattern, so once you install it you are done no matter what trans you put in
