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Shifter install

The temp plate in the tech section,What does it mean it's plus size? It looks to small after I printed it. I'm cuttin the hole tonight. Does anyone know the measurment front to back on the temp.side to side would help to.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

Shifter install

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The hole really isn't very big for the shifter to go through.Probably better to cut a little small and work your way up.I did the floor shifter conversion on old Blue about 8 years ago.The Sport already had one.I also added the tranny tunnel hump that the shifter bolts to,that way,the shifter sits right in the console.No promises,but I may be able to take that piece from the Blue Bird for you if you don't already have one.I don't know if it will come out easily,but I can try.If I can,I'll let you know.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Shifter install

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What does it mean it's plus size?
Not plus size (that's for tires and chunky ladies), plus shaped, like the + on your keyboard. It's the shape of the hole you need to cut.
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It looks to small after I printed it.
The whole shifter doesn't go through, just the pointy-downy parts. The rest sits on top.
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Does anyone know the measurment front to back on the temp.side to side would help to.
Ooooo, we got measurements! Here's a picture of the flat-topped plate that is glued+screwed to the tunnel in regular floor-shift cars, still attached to a chunk of the tunnel (pic is upside-down, dash is at the bottom), followed by the measurements I just took of the hole. Good enough?
Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

Shifter install

Reply #3 –
That will work more than work thanks Masterblaster,I got side tracked pulling hedge fences so it didn't get cut,This weekend it's going in.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +