Please Jump in and correct any misinformation. First off, I have already rebuilt my FMX and have no interest in changing over to another transmission to "make it easier" or "upgrade" to a C-6.
From all the digging around I have done, it appears almost or no one has been able to successful mount a B&M or Hurst Ratchet shifter to the FMX with using the original shift lever. I know you can drop the valve body to add a Lokar shift cable. I am also aware it may be possible to drop the tranny and change the pressed on shift level to make it work.
What I have seen online it seems to be because the shift points do not line up with the current cable travel. I am currently going to be working with a B&M Star Shifter. This shifter appears to be functional with the C-4 & C-6 family that already able to be bolted right in our cars. I assume that as long as I make the Star Shifter functional with one FMX transmission, it should be functional or swappable with all other cable shifters in this standard shift pattern and compatability.
That being said, I think it is absolutely crazy to go through more than a simple bolt on attachment to make it work. So that leads me to my questions: if I created a bolt on device that would allow you to bolt up and C-4 or C-6 cable shifter to an FMX with no modification to the transmission; would any of you be interested in buying it? What is a reasonable price to pay, considering a ratchet shifter is already 300 bucks or so? If there is enough interest, I will start looking into R&D.
From all the digging around I have done, it appears almost or no one has been able to successful mount a B&M or Hurst Ratchet shifter to the FMX with using the original shift lever. I know you can drop the valve body to add a Lokar shift cable. I am also aware it may be possible to drop the tranny and change the pressed on shift level to make it work.
What I have seen online it seems to be because the shift points do not line up with the current cable travel. I am currently going to be working with a B&M Star Shifter. This shifter appears to be functional with the C-4 & C-6 family that already able to be bolted right in our cars. I assume that as long as I make the Star Shifter functional with one FMX transmission, it should be functional or swappable with all other cable shifters in this standard shift pattern and compatability.
That being said, I think it is absolutely crazy to go through more than a simple bolt on attachment to make it work. So that leads me to my questions: if I created a bolt on device that would allow you to bolt up and C-4 or C-6 cable shifter to an FMX with no modification to the transmission; would any of you be interested in buying it? What is a reasonable price to pay, considering a ratchet shifter is already 300 bucks or so? If there is enough interest, I will start looking into R&D.
