T-56 Transmission Install Thread

payneinthe said

I read this whole thread, but I'm still not quite understanding. Please bear with my dumb question: I bought the engine/transmission dropout from a 2010 SRT8 Challenger (6.1, TR6060). Can I use the bellhousing/clutch/pp/flywheel/tob/starter that it comes with? Or do I need to throw all these things out and start new?

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The biggest challenge with that is that the factory setup puts the starter on the passenger side and the bellhousing is quite large with a larger clutch. It's not impossible, but it's not easy either and would require significant firewall and suspension modification as the passenger side starter interferes with the torsion bar as I understand it. You can keep the engine and transmission, but you'd probably be better off swapping out pretty much all the parts between them. The throwout bearing may be okay to keep, but you'd need a new flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, and bellhousing that uses a 10.5" clutch.