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Old 02-18-2010, 10:20 AM
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Okay fellas got a quick question... i have a T56 that came out of a 98 Camaro SS, I was wondering if there are any engines aside from the ls1 that are compatible with this transmission? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Absolutely. As long as you have the right parts, you can use the LS1 T56 behind a variety of engines including the small block and big block GM engines.
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Depends on how much you want to spend..a basic bolt up will be to any LS Engine as long as it's the standard Crank Flange.
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A friend of mine has a third gen Camaro that he’s trying to put together. I believe he is going to put a motor that came out of a 1985 corvette into his car, but he is in need of a transmission. He doesn’t have much money, and I happen to have an extra T56 transmission sitting in my garage. I want to give it to him, but im unsure if he will be able to use it.
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Originally Posted by GPG 02
A friend of mine has a third gen Camaro that he’s trying to put together. I believe he is going to put a motor that came out of a 1985 corvette into his car, but he is in need of a transmission. He doesn’t have much money, and I happen to have an extra T56 transmission sitting in my garage. I want to give it to him, but im unsure if he will be able to use it.
Yeah it can be done. A lot of guys swap T56 units into 3rd gen cars.
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Originally Posted by GPG 02
A friend of mine has a third gen Camaro that he’s trying to put together. I believe he is going to put a motor that came out of a 1985 corvette into his car, but he is in need of a transmission. He doesn’t have much money, and I happen to have an extra T56 transmission sitting in my garage. I want to give it to him, but im unsure if he will be able to use it.
The '85 motor will need to use a T5 bellhousing/linkage with a Tremec adapter plate on the LS1 T56. Otherwise you'll need to get a conversion bellhousing (McLeod, etc.) that mates with the longer inputshaft LS1-T56 and run aftermarket Hyd TOB setup.
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Thanks guys, i really appreciate the info.
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I snagged an LS- type and have been learning as I go what's needed to make it work for my regular sbc stroker.

The 'simple' way would have been to change the input shaft, front plate and bellhousing to LT- and then get a puller slave cyl. instead of the hyd. throwout bearing that LS- uses.

But I chose to keep the box intact so I had to buy the Qucktime adapter bellhousing. This adds some info:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-tr...d-equal-2.html

The guy who sold me the tranny also included his LS-7 flywheel and clutch and he mentioned in passing I'd want the 'crank spacer' to properly engage the starter (Part# 12563532). I picked one up -just in case- when everything goes in.


I get to retain the Rhino TO bearing that came with the tranny which seems a little more direct-acting than a puller slave type setup. The seller informed me of the .125 precision spacer he had added behind it for optimal clutch release. HTH



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