Swapper: Steeda Tri-ax shifter on t5 (many large pics)

Before I swappd my trans I learned a lot from the swapper threads. So here is my contribution to this thing. I went with the triax shifter because I loved the one in my bud's 97 gt. There's plenty of large pics because we all know threads suck w/o pics right? This is only the way I did mine, it's not THE only way to do this so keep that in mind. Each car is different, I know this to be true now. Everyone told me the shifter mount lines up to the original hole, and a 1/4 here and a 1/4 inch there cut off the tunnel was all I needed. Well, I'll let the pics do the talking.

Give her the middle finger to let her know whos boss.


This was the scenario from under the car. You can kinda see how much I have to trim off the tunnel.



Bust out the sawzall.



Make sure there is tape covering the shifter hole to keep debris out. The backwards middle finger is my buddy. He says if he turned his hand around the other way, the fbi would scan his fingerprint and find out who he is



These pics show just how much I had to cut off.





Make sure mating surfaces are clean and squirt some gasket maker on the shifter. Then just bolt it down.



Now throw on the handle and a knob of choice. This one is steeda's and the feel and grip is awesome.



I think my c4 auto. handle looked kinda cool on there too.



This is the finished product minus the boots.



This is the boot and bezel I bought for it. I think either I keep the boot alone and get rid of the bezel, or I could get my hands on an entire sn95 center console and make it work in there. I'm leaning toward the console idea right now.


I'm gonna make another thread later with tranny swap pics. Oh and the shifter is so crisp, makes for some fun driving.

I read that thread about moving the engine back a bit and how many degrees it was off and all that a few days ago. I agree that the the angle should be corrected, but that doesn't mean the car wont run as is. And being that I dont really care much for the current trans or the state of my 289, it's not a major issue to me lol.

The shifter really isn't too far out of reach, and I'm not a big guy @ 6 foot with average length arms. Also, I have no qualms about cutting the stang up so the shifter hole thing wasn't much of a thing to me, it's no boss 429. I thought a little humor would be good but I guess not huh. No biggie, they'll be gone later.

Thanks guys, the whole thing took 593938.55 times longer than it was supposed to but I'd do it all again if I could.

The tour guide stays then, I may have him resurface in the t5 install thread lol. I'll blur it a bit for the sensitive eyes though. And dude, I don't think you're a prude.... hey that rhymed.

Good call on the bullitt trim ring Blake, my thoughts exactly if my console thing doesn't work. I actually realized the shifter SHOULD have gone onto the trans before bolting it to the engine but there was no way I was pulling that thing down again. Then after a round of cussing, I thought hey, at least it'll be easier to swap shifters now eh? In the end I think it turned out for the best. I cut that hole and installed the shifter all within 15 minutes. Only thing now is I have to fabricate a lower boot to fit my new hole.


One2gamble, my crossmember is a modern driveline unit. It's made for use with the original c4 auto trans mount. I bought a new one anyway.

Here's a pic I forgot. This is the original interior, I didn't really care for the console. It looks so much cleaner and cooler in there now.