hurst vertical gate

I installed the vgate into my scamp that i was talking about earlier in this thread, you say the ram rod is smaller than the vgate? how different is it in appearance because mine fit into the stock tunnel with almost no modification, i machined my own mounting plate from half inch aluminum and maybe that has something to do with the good fit but i am just wondering if maybe it is a ram rod. The car is street driven but i have had it on the track once and only with street tires, the shifter worked great and i have no trouble downshifting on the street. I got a laugh out of watching my buddy with a 5 speed honda civic try to drive the v gate though, its shifts smooth but he understands why they call them muscle cars now.