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unbalanced chemical
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Location: Apache Junction, AZ
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![]() Ok so lets just say that I am going to be picking up a T5 Swapped 7/9 Soon and I have a few basic questions.
I hear a lot of talk that the Pro 5.0 shifter is the way to go. Can this unit be swapped in fairly easily while in the car? Idea of time it takes to swap in car? Also when doing this swap is there anything I need to do to relocate the shifter for better fit in a 7/9? Thanks |
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Scratchy-mento, CA
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![]() If it's got a Ford t5 tailhousing it's kinda difficult to get to the shifter, but doable. I haven't done it, but a Camaro tail housing SHOULD put the shifter closer to the hole.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Quebec
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Scratchy-mento, CA
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Quebec
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![]() I'm doing the swap now on a 740, seems you need to relocate the fusebox and expand the hole for the shifter foward.
A funky shifter and you are set. Also, look a this mother mount, pretty nice no? |
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unbalanced chemical
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tucson Az
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![]() Too bad MN12 Performance went under years ago. They sold a pretty nice shifter box extension kit.
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Scratchy-mento, CA
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: NW Georgia
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![]() Find the FS thread from OZ....guy will soon be selling/swapping the longer T5 Falcon housing (unique to OZ) for Mustang housings. Fidel was working on a supply chain of these a few years back. OP of the thread says he has done several himself, and shifter location is proper for the 7/9 without butchering the dash. You might get exactly what you need for shipping costs.....
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The Beloved Oarnge Juice
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Location: WA
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![]() I bet with minimum rework, the astro van shifter can be made to work perfect
http://lugnutz65chevystepside.weebly.../safari-van-t5 Even the shifter from a gto t56
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Moar Volvos than Queen B
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Peoria Illinois
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I just don't know about that execution though.... I've seen this car pop up on Craigslist a number of times in the last coupe of years, also.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Quebec
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Just hack up the hole for the shifter and move the fuse box foward. Pretty simple. |
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Vintage anti-ricer
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And having a stock, non-hackjob install isn't important it would appear?
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BRANDSCHUTZVORSCHRIFTEN!
![]() Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: mont, AL
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![]() the problem with that is the shifter ends up going into the console/radio/etc.. A real pro 5.0 might not be a bad thing, but the clones are garbage. I snagged a lightly used hurst off fleabay back in the day and it was pretty awesome.
that extension linked above would work ok, not sure how much atf you really get up there, but if it was a problem one could address it with some sorta boot.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Quebec
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![]() Yes I did.
Just fixed the problem. See how easy it is to move the fusebox now? You just cut the little frame that holds the rubber thingy for the shifter, move it foward a little, weld, wel a plate where the gap is and you are set. Easy as pie. ![]() ![]() |
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Vintage anti-ricer
![]() Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Somewhere in a northern California smog bank
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![]() Okay, while keeping the stock dash in the car, moving the fusebox is not feasible.
I actually have one of the billet Hurst's in the 140 right now, really smooth, nice feel to it Mike. A bit cheaper than the Pro 5.0 as well. Found mine locally on CL for $75. |
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Moar Volvos than Queen B
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Peoria Illinois
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![]() My buddy had a Steeda Tri-ax shifter. Personally, I liked that better than the Pro 5.0 shifters. I had the Pro 5.0 in my 940SE, with the goofy L-shaped extension....it was meh.
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#19 |
Just damn
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Real world
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![]() Mike, send me a message. I have both ideas and solutions.
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Location: Indiana
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#21 |
Just damn
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Real world
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![]() http://car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.c...erPage=1&iKey=
Remote mounted t5. Shifter attaches similar to how an m46 or bmw shifter attaches. |
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#22 |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Altadena, CA
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![]() TLAO,
Can this unit be swapped in fairly easily while in the car? **Like some have stated, if you have the Ford T5, then the shifter will not be in an ideal position. The shifter sits about 4-5" too far forward. Idea of time it takes to swap in car? **1-2 hours but depends on how much metal was hacked away and if the console and fuse box wiring was relocated. Also when doing this swap is there anything I need to do to relocate the shifter for better fit in a 7/9? ** In my case, I left the original shifter in the stock location then built a slave unit right behind that. This set the shifter in the correct spot on my 1991 940T. To make the install look stock, you will need the correct center console trim for a manual transmission or modify the Automatic one. 89740GLT |
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