The easiest thing to do is to get the right plate and swap it over. There isn't a place for the shifter to stick through on a plate for a C6/E4OD. I took the four speed out of my Blue Truck and put in the ZF5. When I did it, I was still planning to keep the Bronco (even though I had stolen the engine, trans, and transfer case out of it) so I didn't swap the plates. I took the shifter off of the top of the ZF5 before I installed it, which I like to do anyway since it makes it easier to remove and/or install without it on the transmission. It was close, but it did go in and the transmission doesn't hit the plate. I can't fasten the shifter boot down to the floor since it's the wrong plate, but that doesn't bother me too much.