Addressing Internet Myths About LS Swaps

Use an Aisen AR5 from a Chevy Colorado with the Fabbot adapter kit.  It's nearly the same thing as the R154 (might be exact same?)

These 5 speed transmissions plus adapter kit cost = < $T56

In reply to yupididit :

Sir, Thanks for your reply but again the gearing is to tall in the 6 speed transmissions. And for this "Application" I highly prefer a 5 speed manual.

 Thanks again,

Hay

Hayrider said:

Tit for Tat. I guess everyone has their own preferences for name calling...

Now I'm looking for a wide ratio 5 spd. to install with an alloy 5.3 LSX / LS.

How about an NV4500 if you want wide ratio? They don't get used too often since they are wide ratio transmissions intended for truck use - so you may get a bargain buying one from somebody who really wanted a T56.

Hayrider said:

In reply to yupididit :

Sir, Thanks for your reply but again the gearing is to tall in the 6 speed transmissions. And for this "Application" I highly prefer a 5 speed manual.

 Thanks again,

Hay

What? I was asking about the price lol

In reply to yupididit :

Less than $1500 to do the whole AR5 setup including having a $500 driveshaft made.  Probably closer to $1200.

Patientzero said:

In reply to yupididit :

Less than $1500 to do the whole AR5 setup including having a $500 driveshaft made.  Probably closer to $1200.

Is there a link to the kit? 

In reply to yupididit :

https://www.fabbotfab.com/collections/transmission-adapters/products/fabbot-nexgen-ar5-to-ls-transmission-adapter

In reply to Patientzero :

That requires a dead two piece case 4L60E transmission to donate its bellhousing.  Where are you going to find one of those?

rustomatic said:

That's the L92.  There are too many names.  Most don't realize that the LS3 in an automatic Camaro is called an L99, not an LS3 . . .

For at least a while (after the Corvette went LT1), the engine you got when you bought an LS3 crate from GM Performance was a Camaro engine with a flexplate on the back. You could tell by the coil packs and the included exhaust manifolds which car it was for. So, maybe technically an L99, but GM called it an LS3 so I am comfortable calling it an LS3 :)

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Buy it from Fabbot like I did.

In reply to Patientzero :

Is this what you use in your mustang?

In reply to Patientzero :

The joke is that the junkyards are full of broken 4L60s.

Heck, you could probably get one for scrap aluminum value from a trans shop.

In reply to yupididit :

I was.  I now have a Tremec TKX.  At 480whp, I broke one of the AR5's.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

I thought it might have been a joke but hard to tell over the interwebz.

In reply to yupididit : "What? I was asking about the price lol"

Then my apologies I miss understood! 

Regarding internet myths, I want to remind the author that this is the internet (like right here this)

I carefully read through this whole thing and never once did anybody mention documentation.  
     That's the only way anybody buying it from you knows what's what.  
   Plus how could anybody get it serviced?   
     If you're doing this just for giggles, that's fine. Your right to do whatever you want.   But you have to be prepared  to just walk away from it or sell it for a tiny fraction of what you have in it.  The market place for a Bitsa car is extremely limited and populated  solely with guys like yourself who look for deals.