6 speed swap in a 79 bu wagon

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Nozer said:
well here goes, picked up my t56 tonight.. 350 bucks with the bellhousing, guy said 2nd gear is shot but it seems fine, wont know till i crack her open... psyched, gonna be fun :banana:


Damn!! A 95 LT1 t56 trans for $350?? you got a hell of a deal! around here you can't touch one for 1k, I've been hunting a 98+ LS1 T56 trans and cheapest i found was $1300 and it had a crapload of miles!! :wtf: for now i'm going to run my 4l65e auto.... :| Good luck gonna keep an eye on the swap!
 
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Nozer said:
well here goes, picked up my t56 tonight.. 350 bucks with the bellhousing, guy said 2nd gear is shot but it seems fine, wont know till i crack her open... psyched, gonna be fun :banana:


Damn!! A 95 LT1 t56 trans for $350?? you got a hell of a deal! around here you can't touch one for 1k, I've been hunting a 98+ LS1 T56 trans and cheapest i found was $1300 and it had a crapload of miles!! :wtf: for now i'm going to run my 4l65e auto.... :| Good luck gonna keep an eye on the swap!
i'm gonna make it worse for you ... i talked him down from 600 bucks and he even threw in the bell housing. :mrgreen: . i came across a rear frame rail issue and gotta drop the frame now so i'm gonna really make the frame stiff son it wont twist with the bbc.. cutting wheel here i come!! :wax:
 
Nozer said:
so you went hydro? is there a place that makes a aftermarket gbody pedal setup?

hydraulic makes it's simpler and I use the Howe thro out bearing cause the header was sitting too close to the plastic slave cylinder for my liking and brake fluid burns real easy. That link for the pedal looks good. I saw one for $90 but I don't have the link, it was an aftermarket pedal. For a pedal stop I used an appliance adjuster, it has a large pad on it for the pedal arm and you can adjust it with a nut on each side of the firewall. If you do go hydraulic with a hydraulic thro our bearign you'll need an adapter for the master clutchye cylinder..

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and when you get your driveshaft shortened if your drive shaft tube isn't in great shape it doesn't cost much more to put a new tube with your ends. I thought about that AFTER I got mine shortened
 
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Nozer said:
that makes no sense.. its a rwd to begin with this isnt a fwd..
Post before mine say a trasns axle thats a front drive thing
yeah i meant transaxle as a vette has .. maybe its not called a transaxle, thought it was.. :blam: either way you get the point.. i got a T56 from a 95 z28 anyways so thats the chosen path..
 
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