2001 E53 4.4L 6MT swap?

[williamx5]

Good day all!!!

Here is my idea thus far... I got this to use the transmission end, not the shifter end... It might be fate or whatever you wanna call it...

So, this is prior to cutting... The thing I failed to capture with these first few pictures is how deep the assembly sits when using the existing support... Lower is not a bad thing, but I fear it might be a tad too low and cause issues with the shifter boot or rubber protection cover...









So, maybe not use the existing support and hard mount it to the “tower” with and eye-bolt for the front and some clamp style set-up for the back...



I can always lower this down some with hardware...



Here I’m experimenting with just putting a bolt thru the back part and coming up thru the center rear mounting hole... I nixed this idea due to the design of the arm... Cutting thru the vertical section of the “I” beam, I would compromise nearly all the strength the arm has at that point...



I could do the clamp idea still in this location... Really, I can almost turn this in any direction... I would need to trim the pointed end if I spun it 180 deg...





So, there you have it... This is the current idea in progress...

Cheers for now!!