Yeah, I had installed the shifter before I installed the exhaust. The shifter cable was really close to my X pipe. After I moved the car around some the shifter cable came in contact with the exhasust pipe and I didn't know it until it was too late.

I had read about the shifter cable being used as a ground and melting. So I grounded the engine as best I could. I used a couple of 2-gauge ground cables on both sides of the front of the block, and the original ground cable on the fire wall.

I have plans of adding one to the transmission but have not figured out how I want to do it.