First time posting here....
So here's the story, I bought a '72 240z over a year ago, not the cleanest or the most rust free or original, but a solid daily driver which is all I wanted. It had an auto transmission, I swapped that out for a 4spd, and have been driving the car as is for about 10 months. I had to trim the trans tunnel for the shifter to work, no big deal. The input shaft bearing went out this past week, so I pulled the transmission back out and put a 5spd in from a '79 280zx I had bought for parts. All is well, but the shifter is even farther forward than with the 4spd. I'm not really sure, I don't want to tear the center console up because it is in pretty good shape. Has anyone been able to bend the shifters with heat? The shifter out of the 4spd has the proper curvature to work but the distance from the ball to the pivot slot is to far. Any Ideas?
Also, I'm worried about the transmission cross member that the 240 has, it bolts directly to the frame/body. (where as the other cross members bolts up with bushings) I haven't seen these type of mounts discussed in any other threads. Is this a potential weak point, i.e. will I need to replace this cross member with the other kind if I plan to create any substantial power?
Whats up with DGV's? Mine has them, kind of a pain to tune but I figured all twin carb systems are.
Sorry for such a long post, thanks for any help.
-Carl