Did you cut or bend the shifter at all? I did both to my T/C shifter and it is still longer than yours. Is yours a Mustang shifter?
The shifter stick wasn't modified and I
think it is original. This one is very similar to what was used '87-93 Mustangs. although it's from an '86, it looks very much like this one from the '87 sale literature:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/65ShelbyClone/Public/1972%20Pinto/23L-turbo-engine_zps8605a01b.jpg. What's curious about that is the mechanical clutch linkage that appears to be direct-pull. For those unfamiliar, 1987-88 Turbo Coupes went into production with a hydraulic clutch.
How does the motion feel?
Notchy and loud with a mushy isolator like a typical T5.
I'll go to a solid stick mount when I get a short shifter that has adjustable stops.
It has been a while, but my recollection was that when I angled my shifter back as you did (I actually made a slot for adjustment) my arm and the transmission were not "at one with each other." It confounded me as it is all the same flat plate transferring the action, but when I went to a vertical bolt orientation it worked much better.
My shifter arm has the obvious z-bend
and it's twisted toward the driver side by about 20° so it doesn't align with...really anything. Putting the stick and shifter on the same side of the plate made it slightly more centered over the tunnel.
Overall the bracket moved the shifter centerline back about 1 7/8", to the right by ~5/8", and angling the stick back gained another 2-3".
Your lower mounted alternator works well. My upper hose must cross over the top of the alternator and I have a plastic anti chaffing shield on it. The price I pay for using the factory '88 harness.
Since I'm still using the standard 17" radiator, I found that the high-mounted alternator pulley and belt cross right in front of the radiator inlet. Back to the passenger-side until I can track down a low-mount driver's-side bracket pair. I plan to install A/C eventually and put the compressor on the passenger side, so that alternator will have to move.
Any date you anticipate that it will be ready to go?
About two months ago.
Mid-October is what I'm hoping for. The big hurdles now are plumbing the fuel system wiring everything for EFI. I have been avoiding dropping the tank to drill the vent restrictor for fuel return and replace the filler neck grommet.
On that note, how did you run your fuel pump wiring? I have the whole FP harness from the 'Bird and I'm wondering if I should run it through the cabin and out a hole in the hatch floor(like the 'Bird) or route it under the car somehow.