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Originally Posted by DanEC
I believe I re-drilled one of the shifter mount holes on my bracket as suggested to get a little better alignment on my ERA but sounds like you would need to rotate it quite a bit. Have you trial fit your tunnel to see where the shifter falls? Maybe you can re-drill the mount plate and shift the entire shifter body a little higher and leave the transmission where it is. Mine really sits a little too low since they build the transmission tunnels a little taller now on many cars to adapt all of the 5 and 6 speed transmission options with internal, top sitting shifters.
If that isn't feasible then re-drilling the shifter reverse lever may be your best option since a little additional effort and throw in going into reverse would probably not be a big issue. One thing that may be a problem though is the longer throw of the shift arm to engage reverse. Since it's on the outside of the pattern you may run into interference with the trim ring.
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Just done some fag-packet measurements for this, and it could be a runner. The ally tunnel is 8" tall (above floor level) at the point where the shifter sits (should be same as original car). The top of the shifter assembly sits 7" above floor height. Raising the entire shifter bracket 1" would bring this level with the base of the rubber gaiter, which would actually improve the risk of the shift lever hitting the chrome trim ring. So - I need to get everything back in the car and check measurements, then try clamping the shifter bracket upwards 1" and checking gear selection is OK. If OK, I'll need to weld an extension on the shifter bracket to take two new lower holes, and redrill the top hole. IF this works, it should solve any problems.
Diff flange driveline angle is 3.7°, so if the trans ends up at 3-4° to match I'll be happy! Fingers crossed - thanks Dan!