My 2 cents-

1) V gates are kind of cool in a Fonzi way however not necessary for full throttle, clutch assisted gear changes in a race prepped a-833. Pro-shift, face-plate, whatever.

2) The thing that is missing from the Hurst Comp plus is a reverse lockout. Like most other things these days all of the hardware/linkage is cheesy. If yours doesn't have them you need the for/aft limited bolts.

3) IF I was going to cut my mint factory 4-speed tunnel (I hacked the hell out out of mine) I'd be looking at a Long shifter instead of a Hurst. I never looked into them for a long time and it's literally night and day IMO. As Jeff said go with the turbing or at least 7/16" solid steel rod.

OR

IF I was going to leave the factory 4-speed hump I'd call Passon and see if he has any parts to convert a new comp plus shifter to a reverse lockout. He was able to hook me up with one a few years back.


4) IF you are going to nitrous and a manual trans I'd start a thread on it, there are many ways to skin that cat.