Will the modern Mopar vehicles' manual transmissions bolt up to LA engines?

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I understand the firewall, transmission tunnels, and subframe do not allow for the longer, late-model 6 speeds, but can one use a late-model challenger/charger/viper manual transmission with an LA engine without wiring? Do they all use Hydraulic clutches? thank you!
 
I understand the firewall, transmission tunnels, and subframe do not allow for the longer, late-model 6 speeds, but can one use a late-model challenger/charger/viper manual transmission with an LA engine without wiring? Do they all use Hydraulic clutches? thank you!

Bellhousing pattern is the same for Gen3 hemi and LA and Magnum with one exception. The Gen3 hemi lacks the very top bolt hole.Other than that, it's a bolt on swap.I am pretty sure they all use hydraulic clutches.
 
The flywheel, however, is a no-go. 6 bolt vs 8 bolt.
Not sure on the starter location on all the Gen3 hemi 6 speeds- hemis in different applications used both driver's and passenger side. All the pics I could find show a pass side starter.
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Maybe doable with an aftermarket bellhousing?
 
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Output shaft has a flange, not a slip joint so that needs to be addressed.
The Tremec 6 speed is larger than an A833 so the t-bar crossmember needs to be removed and a larger tunnel fabbed.
 
The bellhousing from QuickTime # RM8074 has a depth of 6.465" to fit the T-56 to a small block Mopar. The bellhousing for the new gen Hemi's RM-8081 have a 7.339" depth to fit the TR6060 which has a longer input shaft to make up for the 8 bolt dual mas thicker flywheel and dual disc clutch, which will not bolt up to the LA 6 bolt crank. The RM-8081 bellhousing will bolt up, but the starter will be on the wrong side and you will have to figure out a way to space the flywheel and clutch out to meet up with the hydraulic throwout bearing. I don't think the input shaft bearing retainer is long enough to space the throwout bearing out far enough with an LA clutch.
 
I just look up the depth for the RM-6070 bell which is 7.405", this is the bell for the 833 trans. So the stock TR6060 bell or the RM-8081 bell are only .066 shallower than the stock LA bellhousing. But I measured the height of the flywheel, disc, and pressure plate off a 360 LA I have and it was about 4" high off the floor, the flywheel, dual disc, and pressure plate off my 2012 R/T measured about 5 1/4" off the floor. It could still have a problem with the depth of the throwout bearing for fitment.
 
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