Gear Box Head Scratcher

[tommy2009]

Hi everyone iv been scratching my head over this one for weeks now hopefully someone can help. im planning to make a arial atom style car using a zetec fwd engine mounted in the rear, the only problem is the gearbox is rod opperated so when i fit it in the frame i cant connect the rods to it has any one got any ideas... i know the atoms honda powerplant is cable opperated is there any way to convert the gear box i have to work with cables?