anyone move the shifter to the floor with a B+M style on a 47 re

 

I asked this question a while ago and got no responce, I would like to do some like that too but have to have a long shifter

 

Peterson's 4 Wheel&Off Road did one of those, the article is pretty informative. I've thought about doing it also, but since mine's a regular cab I need that middle space...

 

I did this in my 2000 Dakota. I used a regular B&M Megashifter, for the Ram you would have to use the Truck Megashifter... and I'm not sure if that would be high enough or not???? On the Dakota it was nice because when you rested your elbow on the console, your hand would fall right on the shifter. I also made a custom insert for the console out of fiberglass to fit the stock console (and still retain a cupholder). For the Ram, since there's nothing in the way on the floor boards you could just use the B&M base.

Here's some pics:
http://members.***.net/tahiggins/webpage/P1010039.JPG

http://members.***.net/tahiggins/webpage/P1010033.JPG


One other point... on the Dakota the tranny (46RE) was cable operated, so I used both the stock cable and the B&M cable that way the in dash gear indicator still worked. Since the Ram is a linkage, I'm not sure how you could get the dash indicator to work???

Travis

 

Yep the 4Wheel & OffRoad mag had a great write up on the B&M floor shifter. It is made just for the Dodges with auto's. But on the 24v auto it would get in the way of the cup holders.

 

You could use a Lokar shifter, it would look a lot better and function very well, not sure if they have one for the 47RE.