I would normally not have any problem w/ cutting but on my 93 the boots mount nice and neat into the carpeting and don't have that nice plactic console thingy to hide everything like the late 80's trucks did. My mechanic just told me to cut and weld the shifter handle so that it clears better but I am not too sure about that. I am thinking of just hacking whatever I have to to the shifter plate and then just getting a small piece of diamond plate (like 1' by 1.5') to cover it all up nicely. The short throw would still be nice though. I wish that it was possible to make one that didn't stick above the tranny so that it would work w/o a lift.

How did the 86 SR5 tranny differ in clearance then before. I have a v6 which came with the R150F I belive, while the 22re came w/ a w56 I think? How did swapping to that other tranny affect things cause it would probably be closer to what I can expect.