I had my friend Mr. GM Freak take a cutting wheel to the loop part of the bracket:
The part he chopped off is for use with the stock shifter, using the MGW does not allow the rear support bushing bracket to be positioned in the proper location in relation to where the bracket is bolted in the OE location.
You can see in the above picture the MGW bracket is mounted as far back as possible, the stock location ears on the bracket prevents the MGW bracket to be moved further back now with it not there the Gen 2 bracket can be attached properly on the BF bracket for use with the shifter.
The part chopped off can be easily welded back on at a later time for stock shifter use.
Not in the mood at the moment to go under the car again to mess with this so this will get done later this year (probably during winter storage). This is what I should've done instead of messing with the billet top plate of the shifter. BTW George got in touch with me I will be calling him later today to find out about getting another top plate, stay tuned.
Tony
The part he chopped off is for use with the stock shifter, using the MGW does not allow the rear support bushing bracket to be positioned in the proper location in relation to where the bracket is bolted in the OE location.
You can see in the above picture the MGW bracket is mounted as far back as possible, the stock location ears on the bracket prevents the MGW bracket to be moved further back now with it not there the Gen 2 bracket can be attached properly on the BF bracket for use with the shifter.
The part chopped off can be easily welded back on at a later time for stock shifter use.
Not in the mood at the moment to go under the car again to mess with this so this will get done later this year (probably during winter storage). This is what I should've done instead of messing with the billet top plate of the shifter. BTW George got in touch with me I will be calling him later today to find out about getting another top plate, stay tuned.
Tony