fiveohwblow
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No. said:also, I guess when this car was converted to 5 spd the previous owner wasn't very careful in modifying the opening in the floor...was it necessary at all to mutilate it this way? Any ideas on how I can fix this? maybe weld in some metal and recut the hole? my car had no metal trim piece around the shifter base and no inner boot. would it go on ok with my floor opening like this?
I already miss banging gears. should i do a 5 speed swap?
Proper way to fix it is to get the small metal hump installed on manual transmission cars and tack weld ot to the trans hump.
If youmgo to a junkyard and yank the console off a manual trans car, you'll see a small plate welded on the tunnel over the shifter holes that only comes on manual trans cars.
95% of 5 spd swap guys don't install this plate...myself included.
To fix without the plate, tin snips to clean it up a bit
Not sure what you mean by the small metal hump... so without this plate, I'm getting more heat into the engine bay right? Don't mind the noise, just the heat.
No, it just allows the gold inner shifter seal to sit a little higher and seal better.
I'm trying like heell to find a picture online.
the other shifter is also mgw
pics from another forum of the snow in atlanta