i made a good start on a tcase shifter bracket.pretty solid and no flex during shifting though i think i'll add a third mount point connecting near the pivot so the bracket won't flex at all when the shifter is pressed sideways.
with the motor forward one inch the pivot point and tcase are only back 3/4" from stock. should play nice with the seats and dash.the 70 tcase shifter clears the trans shifter too.
in case anyone was wondering about lengths i measured front of bell to rear of trans adapter with a straight edge for my nv4500 and sm465 and got 26-7/8" for the nv and 25-1/8" for the sm. 1-3/4" difference
oh and i didn't notice i had an
NP 4500 not an nv
until now