Got my shifter installed finnally along with the linkage and cable all set up properly. This was probably the biggest pain in my ass on the whole car due to shitty instructions from B&M and a shifter thats made to fit like 10 different transmissions with pulling a pin here, adding a pin there, this bracket for this, spacers for this no spacers if its this. Finnaly got it all figured out with enough trial and error.
got the piping all changed up to fit the new setup, fuel rails and lines all bolted up. just need to mount the map sensor somehwere now and run a vaccuum line to it as there is no longer a provision in the manifold itself.
whats left: relocate coil and extend wires, install oil pressure sensor, and start t00ning!