WarShrike's Project Thread - V6 Firebird

[WarShrike]

T-56 progress from tonight:







SPARE PARTS!
not quite finished yet...


Figured I'd take a quick shot while I had the camera...

[SuperBuickGuy]

you'll love the 6 speed when you get it in.

[Mater]

is that the metric bolt pattern already on the bell houseing? thought they needed and adapter plate???

confused

[WarShrike]

Tom, look at the first picture. Then look to the left of the Scott's paper towel roll. There's my solution.

You see the T5 bellhousing up top by the door?

[Mater]

Derp i see it now

[WarShrike]

It's back to the drawing board.

There's a part on the T56 that doesn't clear the adapter. And even if it had a hole to clearance it, the T5 bellhousing would hit on it. It is almost 1" long while the adapter is only 1/2" thick. I'd have to machine the bellhousing to make that work.

Another issue is their adapter is designed for an external slave with a fork that runs the throwout bearing up and down the retainer. I'd much rather be able to use the LS style throwout/slave setup to make things simpler on a swap and compatible with master cylinders like the Tick setups etc. etc.

I'm waiting from the guys at The Gear Box to shoot me back an e-mail. There's just so many things that are unnecessary variables that make it hard to prototype this thing with a company on the other side of the states.

I wish there was a bellhousing out that just allowed a straight swap. Might just deal with Mal Wood in Australia and bite the bullet on the shipping cost.

Pictures for posterity...



Mal Woods adapter:

[CTX-SLPR]

Check out the thread the Walt put up about his Escort's transmission needs. I bet you could duplicate that pretty easily considering all it looks like is a machined plate.

[WarShrike]

Well, I have a machined plate that is supposed to join the T56 case to a T5 bellhousing. Problem is shown in the first picture. That little 1" piece of metal would still hit the T5 through the 1/2" adapter plate I have.

I'm waiting on some word back from The Gear Box, if I don't I'll just go with the one from Mal Wood as they have had them installed on multiple cars w/ the L36/L67 motor.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Alternatively to buying the Aussie one - buy a LS scatter shield and adapt it to your motor like I did with my Buick.... here
I used the old bellhousing (as they do line up off the pins) to template for where the new holes needed to be - then drilled and added two tabs and then drilled those - worked like a charm

Or perhaps one of the bellhousing makers, like Lakewood actually make a bellhousing for your application http://store.prestoliteperformance.c...lhousings.html

http://store.prestoliteperformance.com/lakewood/bellhousings.html?dir=asc&limit=36&order=slm_applications

[BBR]

I bet she can help clearance that adapter plate and bell housing.

[WarShrike]

Waiting on the plate to get in from Australia.

Meanwhile, I'm installing Corbeau CR1's to replace the worn out stock cloth seats

[RustyRodder]

nice build!


Nice to see somebody else building a V6- although I went the FI route

[WarShrike]

Thanks, I have plans on going FI soon enough. Gonna build the block first then take care of the crazy stuff

[WarShrike]

Just got this in from Mal Wood, the company in Australia that fabs these up.

[RustyRodder]

Thanks, I have plans on going FI soon enough. Gonna build the block first then take care of the crazy stuff

Nice!

Im seeing what my stock engine can take before i build it- 13lbs + Meth, stock longblock!