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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 08:50 AM
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Ive been searching for a affordable T56 core that I can rebuild slowly as funds allow and it's much harder than I thought. These things are like gold! Anyhow, I've com across a LS1 style T56 that comes with the bell housing that is affordable but the catch is: it's empty, as in hollow! I know that some of these are completely trashed when rebuilt so they might as well be hollow but what would I be looking at cost wise?

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Even if its free that will cost more in the long run.

Keep looking... preferably one that has been rebuilt already as a 15 year old trans is going to need a rebuild soon and increase cost. Check CL and the classifieds on here.
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 05:37 PM
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I did as you suggested, nice guys and very informative.

Originally Posted by gnx7
Even if its free that will cost more in the long run.

Keep looking... preferably one that has been rebuilt already as a 15 year old trans is going to need a rebuild soon and increase cost. Check CL and the classifieds on here.
Yeah, I'm going to keep digging and might look into adapting a different type of manual trans. I've read where the TR3650 has been used, maybe that's an option..

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