Will a c5 or c6 transmission/rearend work in my fbody?

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Mar 29, 2010 | 10:28 PM

booghie

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Will a c5 or c6 transmission/rearend work in my fbody?

i have a 3.8l v6 fbody and am looking to do a swap and was finding alot of cheap wrecked vettes.

Mar 31, 2010 | 01:21 PM

z28pete

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Not without a lot of work.

Mar 31, 2010 | 06:34 PM

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Starting with the C5 Vette, the transmission is in the back. It's connected to the rear axle forming a transaxle, and has a torque tube that goes forward to the bellhousing. It would take more than a lot of work to swap that in.
Here's what it looks like: http://www.thewarfields.com/img/Cars...Drivetrain.jpg

Mar 31, 2010 | 09:03 PM

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They are right on. I have heard of a few guys swaping over to IRS on 3rd and 4th gen f-bodys but your talking about a ton of work and a lot and i mean a lot of money.