and by the way ron, your bre is sexy...

Jeremy, effectively shortening the length would work... and your trans that died, well you probably broke the shift fork and lunched the transmission...If it was a late 5 spd some of them have aluminum shift forks and can break very easily....not a good idea to speedshift!

If you are looking for a transmission that can handle that abuse I would suggest finding a comp "B" box and have the shift forks double pinned to handle the strain...

I don't know if you recall the WCZR thread about that Ron, but it was suggested that double pinning isn't necessary. Dennis was recommending safety wire through the roll pin instead. That's what I was planning on doing with mine. But I don't speed shift.