shifter question for TH 400 in 94 mustang

Bought a new TH400 w, JW bell from JW with reverse VB and brake. I know I need a shifter too match but do I get a shifter with the cable coning out front of rear. Rookie question, I know. Im really in Iraq For almost 4 years so I can look at the trans to determine and I want to order the shifter. Thanks Royce

It depends on how you want to route your cable and where the cable needs to penetrate the floor. A rear exit will usually use a little longer cable since you have to make the turn to route it back toward the front of the car. No right or wrong answer IMO.

Treeyasoon wrote:It depends on how you want to route your cable and where the cable needs to penetrate the floor. A rear exit will usually use a little longer cable since you have to make the turn to route it back toward the front of the car. No right or wrong answer IMO.

x2,i think if a shorter cable was used a rear exit would work pritty well.i just got my tci with a front exit and a rear with short cable woulda worked better for me.i think the rear exits were made for rail's?

thanks guys, I think your right rear exit for rail .

You just want to be able to make big turns in the cable. A new cable will turn pretty sharp but will not work as well when it gets a little older. I use a front exit in our fox body and have zero troubles. In my old Maverick i had a rear exit cable and it worked better but I had the shifter mounted at an angle pretty high over the tunnel.

A rear exit cable shifter does sometimes work better on full chassis door cars (vs a front exit) in situations where the driver prefers a relatively high shifter mounting/placement & also if there is a good amount of engine/trans setback. This combo can sometimes really put a short front exit shifter cable in a bind trying to make the two tight curves.

On the other hand a high shifter placement can actually can help the rear exit cable because only one looping bend is needed. And after the cable exits the rear & loops down & back forward the cable height is usually pointing directly right at/around the shifter arm height a lot of the time.


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Dave that's what i was thinken when i was getting the tci in my car.it's a door car like your sayen and i mounted it pritty high too and rear exit woulda worked better with less bending.when i was looking to buy one i noticed the rear exit tci had a longer cable,figured it's for a rail,wish i'd called to see if it was offered with a shorter cable.

The shifter Im looking at has a 5 foot cable. Is this considered sort or long?

thats a standard size,is it front or rear exit?

Im looking at the TCI 618332 on Summitracing. It comes with a 5ft cable. So far his one fits my needs and likes unless someone has a better choice I can look at. thanks