Which Transmission will give me the correct ?

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Originally Posted by crendonman427sc

Hi Glen,

Surely the Canton Oil Pan would hit something first, before the flange of the Scattershield hit if they were that low??

I am trying to figure this out in my head (before I commit to buying a certain type or model) but Technical Dimension Drawings from manufacturers, seem to be fairly thin on the ground.

David

Hi David,

It should be a simple enough check to measure the distance from the flywheel to the block/pan interface, and then add on the depth measurement of the Canton pan (if it's not fitted), and compare that summation to the outer radius of the scattershield. I would do that myself (Canton pan and QT scattershield) ...but would have to move too much 'stuff' in my limited garage space

Cheers
Glen

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Hi again David,

Back to your original question about “correct shift stick position in the cockpit”….

Here are a couple of pictures of the interior of Lynn Park’s CSX2307 “Dirtbag” (show me a more original, unmodified 289):






The shifter location shown above should be a reliable indication of what is correct for a 289 Cobra, yes?

This makes me think about what I have done on my own setup. I made an adaptor to position the shift lever on the centre plane of the gearbox, but at least I included some adjustability:



The shift pattern on my shift knob is different to that on Dirtbag because, of course, mine's a Toploader, not a T10



Cheers,
Glen

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Glen,
Nice looking adapter! I just wet with a piece of heavy bar stock that I drilled and mounted to the linkage and then offset the shifter to the inward side of the bar stock.

Jim