Re: B&M pro ratchet shifter ? with th400
Post by bluesman2a on Sept 15, 2006, 11:14pm

Chris,

I went through the SAME issue. I found it VERY difficult to get a shifter I liked. My criteria were:

1) Cannot be a ratchet shifter. I'm sure these are great in race cars, but IMHO, they are goofy, annoying and suck.
2) MUST have something so my wife doesn't inadvertantly throw it into reverse (could be detent or a gate).
3) MUST be a cable shifter. Started out with a Lokar, and that linkage to the body is just stupid. Nice shifter, but they should make it with a cable, I took it back.
4) has to be tall enough for me to comfortably reach in a normal driving position.
5) should be simple, as in not too complicated it breaks a lot.

What I came up with was one of these:
www.artcarr.com


I particularly like it. Since buying it I found they just rebadge the product for these guys, so you may get a better deal here:
http://www.wintersperformance.com/ca...nder/index.htm

The install is pretty simple. Either you need to make a plate with 4 holes on it, or you can do stand-offs on the tranny cover like I did here:

(pay no attention to the skanky hole underneath left by the previous owner that I haven't had a chance to clean up yet)