T56 lt1 to ls1..
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I know the common way is change the clutch, bell housing input shaft slave and master cylinder.. Which adds up to roughly 1300. I don't see why you couldn't shorten then bell housing and still use the fork style clutch.
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My t-56 I’m running was a 96’ LT version built with a stage 2 kit when I bought it. I changed the front cover, bellhousing, and input shaft. I bought the pieces for $600ish. The only thing tough about the change over is setting the preload on the input shaft, which has to be correct, or you’ll hurt the tranny eventually. Overall it’s a really simple process.