He needs to pick out a tranny first... toploader or t5?

 

The manual transmission speedometer cable is about four inches longer than the C4 type so you did a routing which leads to - 'kink city' (kinky is good - but not here). To accomodate the longer cable, the factory (remember them) punched a different hole in the firewall (Doh, what do they know) to accomodate the re-routing.
The shifter plate is the one that goes over the shifter boot (damn, forgot the top bootand the bottom dust boot - add those to the list).
Jim

 

My speedo cabel from c4 to t5 reached just fine, it just needs a new gear.

 

I have driven about 10k miles since I made the conversion and there is no "kinking" problem. David Kee is the one who told me to re-use the same speedo cable (Doh, what does he know?).

I was confused on what u meant by shifter plate, I thought you meant shifter mounting plate.

He will also need a new speedometer gear for a accurate reading.

 

Love these quotes. I have no idea who David Kee is so if you use his input - so be it. To correct my last, the 67 body style uses the same access hole for all speedometers cables routed thru the firewall. In 64 to 66, Ford did it different for 4 speed MT's and 3 speed MT's and C4 transmissions. The 4 speed cable is longer because the speedometer output is on the right hand side of the transmission while the 3 speed and C4 outputs are on the left. So, in the real world, an automatic speedometer cable used on a 4 speed is gonna be 'stretched'.
Jim

 

the t56 is the tremec 6 speed genius

 

I was thinking T-5 when I noted the driveshaft change.

As for cost.... well, this modification can be range from $500 to $3000. The first time I did this, I found a guy parting out a '90 in good shape and got everything from flywheel back to the driveshaft for $500. Ended up doing the whole mod for about $1000. That was with a lot of fabrication and personal labor.

 

i ment it was beter than the tremek 5 speeds

 

ive seen these types of shifters, but how exactly do they work, whats the benifits and negatives, how much does the conversion costs. etc. any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

someone needs to make a triptonic trans ( paddle shifter )