enganeer

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I am in the planning stages for my El Camino LS1 / T56 conversion. I know the El Camino floor needs to be cut to make room for the T56. Here is what I would like to do:

I would like to use the camaro interior, e-brake and console. So I was thinking of splicing a large section of the camaro floor into the El Camino floor. This way, I have all the correct mounting points to use the console, e-brake and proper location for the transmission.

Is there a difference between the camaro floor for an automatic versus manual. The donor car is an automatic.

Thanks.

Mikey 97Z M6

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There is no difference in the floor pans, but the transmission crossmember is different IIRC.

Mike

enganeer

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Thanks,

I picked up a t56 crossmember just in case.

Mikey 97Z M6

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I would be very surprised if you had to cut anything except a hole into the floor of the Elky. They came with those big autos stock, so I would think a T56 should fit no problem. Might be easier to just use the crossmember for the T56, and fab up some mounting locations on your existing chassis. ?

Good luck with it.

Mike

95GreenZ28

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I would like to see pics if you get them when you are finished

enganeer

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For as much room as you would think would be available on the chevelles, they did not give much vertical clearance, as the tranny's were more wide than tall.

I keep waffling back and forth on whether to just do the LS1 / T56 with the existing El Camino interior or to use all the parts I saved from the Camaro. My El Camino interior is toast from the AZ sun and the dash is a frickin disaster.

However, it will take work and a lot of trial fitting to replace the firewall and floor from the Camaro to match up properly with the engine and transmission for shifter location. But THAT is the challenge. I saw a Camaro dash installed on a Chevelle and it looked darn good plus I would have all the amenities such as HVAC controls and a stereo I could actually mount into.