scs shifter

anyone know "how far" the hole for the shifter cable, on a turbo-action cheeta shifter goes ahead of the shifter itself?
I`m installing mine in the stock console, in the stock shifter locaton, looks like the cable will come completely out of the console before it goes thru the floor, altho I haven`t spent a lot of time trying to figure it out.
Of couse I`ve already got the carpet in, and don`t want to pulll it up.
thanks for any info,pics would be outstanding!---------bob