Fox trans in a '94

joemomma · Jun 6, 2023

Thinking about the position of my shifter in my car and how far forward it is....and given that I bought my car used with approximately 150k on the odometer - what are the chances the PO grenaded the transmission and installed a Fox T5 rather than a SN-specific trans? Any way to tell with the trans in the car? Car has a Hurst shifter/handle. Essentially too much free time on my hands and a wandering mind....
EDIT: there is very little clearance between the dash and shifter in 1st
Pics of shifter location for reference
1st gear:

5th gear:

ttocs · Jun 7, 2023

I had a hurst with the hurst handle and with it I was barely banging my knuckles against the dash if I slammed it. I ended up replacing the handle and never had a problem.

joemomma · Jun 7, 2023

Right on. Maybe I just need a different handle and I'm just overthinking things the PO effed up.

ttocs · Jun 7, 2023

if you have a welder or know someone that does, just make enough of a small pie cut in the handle or just take enough out that you can bend it back a few degrees and then weld it back together.

joemomma · Jun 7, 2023

I've got a cheapo from China Freight that would probably be able to do it.

SPeace-ATL · Jun 2, 2025

joemomma said:
Thinking about the position of my shifter in my car and how far forward it is....and given that I bought my car used with approximately 150k on the odometer - what are the chances the PO grenaded the transmission and installed a Fox T5 rather than a SN-specific trans? Any way to tell with the trans in the car?

This is an old post, but yes, you can tell by identifying the type of BELL HOUSING that is on the car.
To date, there are NO aftermarket SN-95 type bell housings being offered. The SN-95 T5 Bell housings all have the clutch fork at about the 7:00 position.

When a Fox T5 is installed in an SN95 (without modifying the transmission with the longer input shaft) a FOX style bell housing is required. All of the FOX style bell housings have the clutch fork located at about the 9:00 position.

Stan