I have a Tremec 3550 in my '32 Ford 5W with a Hurst Competition Plus shifter arm adapted to it. It uses the mid-shifter kit which provides a very nice placement of the shifter centered on the floor well in front of the bench seat (was going for a '60s drag car kind of look). Shifting is comfortable, but it is true that to get the handle where it needs to be required the longer arm - those little shorty shifters would have had me leaning over and reaching to the floor to shift. So the shifter throw is longer than anyone would expect who is used to driving modern cars with their short shifters, but just fine for someone like me who grew up with muscle cars. The length also gives just a little shake at the knob. But I wouldn't change a thing. I can post some pictures of the setup if interested. One thing to watch out for - on the Tremec mid-shifter conversion kit for the 3550 there is a part listed called the "Oil Deflector", but it is not pictured anywhere in the manual and there are no instructions as to what to do with it. If you leave this part out your transmission will leak fluid that seeps out of the rubber dust boot that fits around the top of the shift turret.