[Dubchitts]

Originally Posted by vtirocz

Wow, that's a ton of work compared to my 4th gen!

Couple questions:

1. The pin really can't be accessed from the shifter hole?
2. Will dropping the trans down cause any damage to the engine mounts? Not sure how far it needs to be dropped, but certainly want to make sure I don't do any damage to the mounts.

The pins can be accessed from the shifter hole, but only once the tranny is dropped. Even if you can reach them before then, you'll never get the shifter in or out through that hole.

Tip for the spring loaded pins, pull fast once the pin is depressed, that way you don't have to depress the pins twice to fully remove.

[Curr]

Just checked in with MGW:

"hi,
we are still in design . the initial design we had just would not fit in the constraints of the console and driveshaft. its been a huge pain in the ass. We are hoping to have an answer one way or another soon.
thanks"

I'm not in a hurry, so I don't mind waiting. He did say that they would put a notice up on the website if they decided to abandon the project. He knows there are tons of fans waiting, and they know about the forums but he says they will not release a half assed product. It's gotta be up to their quality, or not at all.

Don't lose hope!

[Curr]

Bumping this back up with the bad news. Sucks cause I had one in my C7 and it was a freakin' work of art. Rifle bolt slick.

From MGW themselves: "Sadly we are not going to offer one. We just could not get enough clearance between the driveshaft and tunnel for a race spec shifter."