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eilax053

Well today I finally just bought a bell housing that I hope will work with my tranny and my clutch setup. I also received in the mail motor mount adapter plates from Speed Hound Parts. I will post some pics of everything sometime this week

esham

fc_soldier

dogfish246

Wow you got pretty far!!! Think it will be ready by Spring?

eilax053

i really hope so.... I just keep running into brick walls.... very disappointing and there isnt anything to post up since im just doing research now

fc_soldier

Im about to start my build real soon. Im looking for a motor setup now.

Redvette_22

Cory, how is your swap going? Are you getting any work done in between the snow storms around here??

eilax053

uhh yeah i suppose. I finally got the tranny mounted to the engine but not permanently. I am still working on the flywheel and clutch. hopefully there will be something worth taking pictures of soon lol

eilax053

Well lets get this thread moving in the right direction.... After many months of research, buying parts, sending them back, i think i have finally found stuff that will work.

Here is a 486 Bellhousing on the right and the stock one on the left.



The new bellhousing is for a 168 tooth flywheel and has the same mounting holes for my tranny. But there is a downside to this bellhousing, it needs an adapter since the bore is bigger than the stock bore. pictures of the adapter is below.

Here is the a Sachs fly wheel that is for my truck and a clutch kit for a 1979 Camaro







And now to assemble onto the engine.









Now that everything fits, i gotta check if everything is centered.







and once with the adapter ring



Everything seems to work and i dont need to move the bellhousing around at all so now time to test everything with the tranny.

Ring on the tranny









Inside the clutch fork hole



Now all that everything SEEMS to work on to the next part. the throw out bearing, the clutch fork, the pivot stud length, and mounting the slave cylinder. In the mean time my dad will hopefully get some work done on my harness for me so we can have it done before the fall

mfi

Man this reminds me of when I was swapping different motors in my old 72 goat..except it was a hell of a lot easier. I wouldn't even think of trying something like this now..good going!!!!

blkvette85

Where did you get the adapter (ring) for the transmission?

Good luck with the build.

HlhnEast

Does this mean if I come over and check out your '85 I dont need to turn my back on my 5.3 Sierra???

eilax053

I got the ring from Novak and thanks

1985 Corvette

After you see mine, you'll be lucky to not lose your lunch.

Eilax, nicely done on making the 4+3 work with this engine. I haven't had my nose in the LS swaps too much but I usually see autos out back or a T56.

GTA8500

very interesting! keep up the good work