mtz.luis

Can't seem to find my answer. Been searching through a lot of the ls1 6 speed swap threads and no one seems to be having this issue or not making a big deal about it. I installed my ls1 and bolted up the t56 trans and found that the trans is sitting a little further back than it should. The shifter doesn't clear the hole like it did with the t5. Is everyone cutting a piece of the metal to get it to seat correctly? And obviously can't bolt up the trans cross member. Any help and pics would be appreciated.

sofakingdom

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Yup, comes out about an inch or so too far rearwards; gotta elongate the shifter hole rearwards a bit.

And of course, the crossmember is in a completely different place, so, yeah... gotta get some other one. No stock one that I know of will work.

mtz.luis

Cool. All I needed to know. And yeah I have the Hawks crossmember, just couldn't get it lined up.

toddoky

The Hooker 3rd-gem LS swap engine brackets and transmission crossmember address that issue by moving the engine transmission mating plane slightly forward just as GM did when they equipped the 4th-gem F-body cars with LS engines.