318/8 Speed Swap

I've also been playing around with the shifter. The easiest would be to just mount the new shifter in place of the old slap stick. The sizes are close (I mounted a old style pistol grip to the stalk, not done yet). The stalk needs a sleeve to get it to the proper diameter but I think it will work. I have an idea of using the ram dial shifter and connect the shaft inside the dial to the original slapstick, so I can keep the look if the original.

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I don't recall what it came out of as I bought it from Craigslist. I do have part numbers off of it...
P52123616AA its at the shop with the car but the part with the slip joint, the length is close for a barracuda, challenger would be a little longer of course. I think it will need to be cut down.

I don't know about the ebay shafts, might be something to look into if needed. I got the ram shaft fairly cheap plus it has the correct mount for the back of the trans.

OK, I thought you wanted the Quicktime plate for the engine run stand setup.

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Great progress! Can I ask how much "slip" is in this boot? Can you collapse this by a few inches? Or is it rigid and just for harmonics?

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