installed a B&M ratchet shifter on an 88 firebird.
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installed a B&M ratchet shifter on an 88 firebird.
installed my ratchet shifter today. on the instructions it says:
82-92 Firebirds and Camaros *
*excludes 88-92 Formula.
i believe that to be a misprint. it should read "excludes 88-92 Firebirds".
the brackets DO NOT line up at all in the front. the back lined up. since i am installing it for use with a 4th gen console i allready knew i was going to have some "costomosation" ahead of me. here is what i did. the first image is the pattern i made of both the holes on my stock shifter, the holes on the "82-92 firbird/camaro" bracketry (labled "camaro") and the holes on JUST the B&M shifter. the second is of the bracket i made installed in the car.
MODIFICATIONS required to car:
i found out upon installation that the two rear holes could not be utilized by placing the shifter flat on the floor, the mechanism would be in the way. my solution was to drill through the firebirds factory shifter floor mount and add two holes where the shifter is suposed to mount to it's bracket. this allowed my to bolt the B&M shifter through my bracket AND the floor with the same bolts. i did have to find some washers and nuts.
the front right bolt hole on the shifter and bracket was blocked from below by part of the firebirds front shifter bracket. i first attempted to hammer this flat, then gave up and used a grinder to grind out a portion to allow the bolt to fit.
since the shifter was mounted so low the original shifter cable hole could not be utilized, it was to sharp a turn for the cable and i was concerned with it binding up. i used a dremmel and drill to mill a hole about 1-1/2" down the tranny tunnel, and ran the cable through there. i probably should have gone further but i was loosing light. it seemes to work.
4th GEN CONSOLE MODS: i had to hack a HUGE hole in the top of my console shifter plate. since i was going to cut it up i used an automatic shift plate. i do not know if you would have to cut up a manual shift plate, at least not as much. i will snap some pics of that once it is all done. it is not going to be prety, but i will get a six speed eventualy anyway... so what does it matter.
82-92 Firebirds and Camaros *
*excludes 88-92 Formula.
i believe that to be a misprint. it should read "excludes 88-92 Firebirds".
the brackets DO NOT line up at all in the front. the back lined up. since i am installing it for use with a 4th gen console i allready knew i was going to have some "costomosation" ahead of me. here is what i did. the first image is the pattern i made of both the holes on my stock shifter, the holes on the "82-92 firbird/camaro" bracketry (labled "camaro") and the holes on JUST the B&M shifter. the second is of the bracket i made installed in the car.
MODIFICATIONS required to car:
i found out upon installation that the two rear holes could not be utilized by placing the shifter flat on the floor, the mechanism would be in the way. my solution was to drill through the firebirds factory shifter floor mount and add two holes where the shifter is suposed to mount to it's bracket. this allowed my to bolt the B&M shifter through my bracket AND the floor with the same bolts. i did have to find some washers and nuts.
the front right bolt hole on the shifter and bracket was blocked from below by part of the firebirds front shifter bracket. i first attempted to hammer this flat, then gave up and used a grinder to grind out a portion to allow the bolt to fit.
since the shifter was mounted so low the original shifter cable hole could not be utilized, it was to sharp a turn for the cable and i was concerned with it binding up. i used a dremmel and drill to mill a hole about 1-1/2" down the tranny tunnel, and ran the cable through there. i probably should have gone further but i was loosing light. it seemes to work.
4th GEN CONSOLE MODS: i had to hack a HUGE hole in the top of my console shifter plate. since i was going to cut it up i used an automatic shift plate. i do not know if you would have to cut up a manual shift plate, at least not as much. i will snap some pics of that once it is all done. it is not going to be prety, but i will get a six speed eventualy anyway... so what does it matter.
Last edited by Xophertony; May 9, 2006 at 03:52 AM.
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