waid786

I have been looking for information on LS with T5 swap but found lots of speculation and no one actually did the swap. Maybe I missed it. I came across this swap at the link below. It’s a 1990 RX-7 with 5.3 & T5.

Not sure if this was ever posted here but looks like great info. Below are some pics and there are more at the link below.

http://www.norotors.com/index.php?topic=595.0

2005 5.3 Vortec out of a GMC Savavna van with almost 0 miles on it but no harness or PCM
2001 Z06 stock camshaft
F body intake, fuel rails and injectors
F body balancer, oil pan and water pump
1989 WC T5 from a Camaro
early Chevy big block aluminum bellhousing casting # 3899621
Ls1 flywheel and clutch
8.8 IRS differential from a 96 Lincoln Mark VIII w/3.07 and 3.55 gears
super coupe half shafts
86 Vette radiator
Volvo s60 Fan
LS7 Pilot bearing GM part #12557583
VSS rotor ring was from a 700r4
VSS sensor from GM truck transfer cases from 1989 onward

Waid

edrex

I was thinking. About doing this to my firebird .I hate my th350 and 3800 stall set up i am not up to the task of the wiring that has to be done to put a 4l60e in my car because i have a 98 6 speed harness and i do not have the money. For a t56

garys 68

iTrader: (1)

Nice job. I see you found the issue with the fill level by clocking the trans. Not sure how critical that is though. Anyone ever figure out why they did that on F bodies?
I was curious if you could set up the clutch for a mechanical linkage too. Any chance you have dimensions on the bearing retainer? ie neck diameter and length?
Also, what shifter are you going to use?

A_VAS

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fyi, you can buy a reproduction of that '621' style bell housing from Keisler Engineering.

It has the correct bolt pattern for the LS block as well...so you can use all the bolts.

http://www.keislerauto.com/gm/gm-par...ypage_acc.html

Tmyz 72

What throw-out-bearing are you using?

waid786

He used LS7 Pilot bearing GM part #12557583

waid786

Standard small-block 101/2-inch (153-tooth) bellhousings will bolt up to a Gen III/IV engine but won't clear the 168-tooth flywheel.

More infor here:

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles...3/viewall.html


http://forums.h-body.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35341

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

Right....hence the need for the 621 bellhousing, which is designed for a big block that used 14" flywheels, like the LS engines do.

Andrew

67Chevellefan

So the big block chevy bell housing bolts up to an LS motor

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

Is that a question or a statement? How about some punctuation?

Andrew

coltboostin

LOL.

I believe the answer is yes. Question I have is if the Camaro T5 has the same input shaft length/splines as a T56. Since Ls1 clutch and flywheel is listed on there, I would assume this to be true. Also, is it the same output spline/size as a T56?


Great option for cheap, and for 500hp and under swaps, but does anyone make a "big power" capable T5?

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

A GM T5 has the same 26 spline input as a T56. The output is different and uses a 28 spline slip yoke.

G-Force and other companies make all kinds of upgrades for T5s, but they still tend to break with "big power" and big traction.

Andrew

coltboostin

Good info.

Manuel Murillo

Tbh im 14 i spent las 2 month To colect and asf up privés find and how to do it from jobs but its preaty easy im just gonna use t5 tran for s10 1999 and 5.3 from donner (junckyard) car impala 09 v8 or others but upgrade clutch just To remind almost all un tranys and engine have same Bolt pattern this is m'y plan for m'y 99 s10 ls ext

ElkySS

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I don't know what the **** you just said, Little Kid, but you're special man, you reached out, and you touch a brother's heart.

JoeNova

Pumpkin Escobar

Project GatTagO

iTrader: (7)

That's some funny **** right there...

Also, Manuel, good luck with the Impala 5.3L ;-)

Andrew

Mavn

iTrader: (3)

Has anyone ever done this in an S10? Would make the swap easy.

truckdoug

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lollin

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Nigor

Hello! did you use hydraulic clutch release system? what parts you used? I have same kind of project 5.3 and T5 and i have all the parts except i dont know how i'm going to release clutch.