HACKGT350

i was in the junk yard today getting parts for my car and i came across a t-bird turbo coupe and it had a really nice short shifter in it i was wondering if the 5 spd in the t-bird is the same as my 5.0 5 spd

TBird232ci

direct swap

funny thing is, that short shifter is factory. Tbirds got the better shifters.

HACKGT350

yeah it has a crazy short shifter in it compaired to mine i have an 84 and they had the longer shifters and 85 they made it shorter but thats sweet im going to get that and put it in mine. now i dont need to spend the money on the hurst even though i really want it

TBird232ci

an aftermarket shifter is still LEAPS ahead of the stock turbo coupe shifter. Im looking to put a Pro 5.0 shifter in mine in a few months, once i finish up some other projects.

HACKGT350

i dont know if this one is stock cause the throw is dramaticly shorter than mine and it looks like it has the hurst boot on it so i dunno what ever its better than my stock shifter

HACKGT350

the funny thing is i think this is my friends old t-bird they blew the engine on a fire call one day and he tryed to sell it and no one wanted it body was in great shape same with the interior

TBird232ci

The shifter boot should look like a charcoal colored leather one in an 87-88 Turbo Coupe. If it doesnt look like that, i would looked hacked up and not look right in the car.

The Tbirds are kinda one of those cars that everyone knows, but no one wants. Theyre an aqquired taste i guess you could say. They can be really fun cars, my Turbo Coupe has to be the most fun car ive driven, and ive driven anything from modded F350 Turbo Diesel trucks, to 11 second LS1 cars.