Jay like you said before, they sit alot higher then the Regular B series. To do that there is 2 bends, the same way. I got under the car and shifted it and it looked like it was pushing towards the ground and bending a little. So I just Straigtend the Bar as much as i could. it seemed to pull straighter. If you had a solid shift and pressed it good, It wouldent be hard to bend. If my civic was like that I would have bent it 100 times over.
The tranny feels notchy, Like fresh. I like when the feel like that. all the trannys I used in my civic all have at least 100K on them so they shift like they have 100,000 on them. ha.
I would pick up a new one just for peice of mind.