Project GT500 Stage 4: Ford Racing Short Throw Shifter

Installing a Ford Racing short throw shifter on the TC Motorsport's project 2007 Shelby GT500

One of our gripes of the GT500 is the rubbery and imprecise shifter. For the TC Motorsports GT500, they addressed this by installing the Ford Racing GT500 Short Throw Shifter. The upgraded shifter uses the same overall design of the stock unit, but includes urethane body vibration isolators and has a twenty five percent reduction in throw. The kit bolts into the same exact stock location and reuses the production shifter handle and knob. The GT500 shifter is part number M-7210-B in the FRPP catalog and retails for $205.00. For more information and pricing, visit www.fordracingparts.com.

The shift knob needs to be unscrewed from the shifter arm to remove the boot	The shift boot pops out fairly easily	A look at the shifter arm with the boot removed
Next the arm is unbolted from the shifter	The larger transmission in the GT500 makes installing a short throw shifter. Here the driveshaft is unbolted to provide better access to the shifter. The exhaust system is unbolted as well	The transmission also needs to be lowered. Here a transmission jack is used to support the transmission
The four rear transmission mount bolts are removed and the transmission is lowered down to access the shifter	The driveshaft, exhaust, and transmission are out of the way and the shifter can be accessed	The shifter is unbolted and removed
A look at the stock shifter	The new shifter is bolted in	The shifter arm is bolted back on
The shift boot is clipped back in	The shift knob is screwed back onto the arm, and the new shifter is installed!