</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by J Paget:
<strong>If people are able to go to a short throw version of the T5, then by definition there is external linkage.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Actually Jim, I have to disagree with you on this one. At one time (long long ago, far far away, blah blah blah) I had an '86 LX 5.0 Mustang with the T5, to which I bolted a Hurst short throw shifter. The T5 is a top-loader, and the shorter throw comes from changing the shifter's pivot point relative to the internal linkage. I couldn't find a picture of the Hurst unit, but this picture of a B&M shifter should help explain what I'm trying to say.
<img src="http://www.bmracing.com/products/shft_manual/prod_images/45050.jpg" alt=" - " />
As to whether this would work on an SUV, almost anybody else's guess is better than mine.

Regards,
Kevin V