I've had the bug on the road for a day now, thrashing it
The Scat shifter is AMAZING when its used in this conversion .. lift the T handle up and shift into first. To get to second just shift to second .... no worrying about shifting into reverse as the lockout mechanism takes care of it for you.
Drag race starts are no problem ... shifts like my original 4 speed except I have 5 gears
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!! 
To summarize, this shifter ROCKS.
Sandeep