Well, I took on the megashifter project with the goal of installing it in the stock shifter location, which I have accomplished, but it is not an easy task. This is where I am so far:

I had to cut a slot in the console support bracket for the shifter. This is the only cutting I had to do on the car.



I also had to drill new mounting holes where shown. The rear of the shifter is sitting on a 1/4" nut and washer for spacing with the bolt installed from underneath. This worked out really good for mounting studs.


The shifter required lots of grinding to make fit. Fortunatly there was plenty of meat where the clearancing was required.



Here is the shifter installed to the floorpan.



and finally the shifter installed through the console.



The boot may give me a little trouble. Actually I haven't figured this out yet. The upper end of the boot must mount around a rectangular piece on the shifter handle. I am not sure how much extra material would be required for a leather boot to allow the shifter to move enough. The megashifter rubbver accordian is too long to fit here so this will require more thought. Also, the megashifter shift indicator is small enough to fit in the factory window but some fabrication of brackets, trim ring, etc. will be required.

 

Trick!

 

Beautiful, I like the carbon fiber too!! Get us a pic with the boot & **** on. I like it...

 

Great job and yes it was a pita!! I could not get the chrome piece to fit square on the plate so I modified a new console to get to fit and look nice. I also had to reverse the shifter indicator and put it on the right side instead of the left.

The one big issue I had is finding a location for the multiple switches I have,i.e NOS activation, NOS purge, NOS heater and the cig lighter.

Currently it is a little too high for my taste, but for another $50 they sell a new shifter that is 2 inches shorter, which will look much better than it is now, but I am pretty pleased overall.

I will list the pics tomorrow getting late and I am going to bed.

 

you might be able to compare the parts lists for the regular-height shifter, and the shorter "console" version, to get the part number for the shorter stick only. I was able to do that for a different B&M shifter and ordered just the shorter stick.

 

That's exactly what it is, just the stick and the T-handle (2" shorter).

 

Here are a few pics

http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/76sti...album?i=29&s=1
http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/76sti...album?i=28&s=1

As I mentioned earlier I need to purchase the smaller shift console because this one is too big for my taste. Also the stick will decrease 2" in size once I buy the new stick, but not too bad for now.

Cheers

 

I think my shifter is shorter than yours. Mine did not come with the black enclosure, just a top plate. Mine was for an early camaro with console. Look at the relationship of the vette console to the top of the boot. Mine appears to be much closer.

 

It is finally completed!!! What a PITA.

What do you guys think...is it too much?

 

That looks great. What are the other switches for?

 

That does look pretty cool!!
and solid.
Shift ball is awesome

 

1 is for the NOS activation switch, the second is the NOS bottle heater, and the 3rd is for the NOS purge.

 

Nice work.

What shifter is it?

PN & Brand?

Thanks,

Bret

 

Thanks for the coments
B&M Console Megashifter

80694 - General Motors

 

I also used the 80694 - General Motors - '73-'81 Camaro and '70-'81 Firebirds TH400, 350, 200 & 700-R4 shifter.

I have had a local upholstry shop tell me that he can make me a custom leather boot for the shifter to work in the factory console but I am now going a different route. A machinist buddy has machined a stainless sheet metal overlay for the console with all of the openings I need for this shifter and also for NOS controls.I had to do a litte investigative research but I have found the manufacturer of the carbon fiber dash kit that I bought from Ecklers. I have sent them my overlay to be coated to match the pics above. I will post more when I get it back.
BTW, 76 sting, your install looks realy good. For everyone else looking at this, It can be done but as been said above, it is a PITA. There is fabrication involved and the install is so tight that each installation would have to be a custom fit as there just is not any clearance. Definately not a weekend project.

 

Good luck with yours and I can't wait to see that overlay complete, make sure you keep us updated.

Cheers!

 

Well, I finally completed the install. I did not get it in the stock console as I started out to do but it was possible if a custom boot was made. I wanted something a little different for the NOS controls as well as different window switches. I also top mounted the cig lighter to plug in the G-tech or radar detector. Anyway, here are the pics:

This is the new console top layout. A friend cut this out of stainless sheet metal in a CNC mill for me. I cut the openings out in the plastic console top to match. I then sent this to get a carbon fiber overlay done to match the rest of my dash. The megashifter indicator is mounted to the plastic through the original indicator opening with only minor mods.


here is the finished product: