sm465 into tbi 94 silverado

[79bonanza]

ok guys i have a buddy who is 5.3 swaping his 94 silverado and while he swaping the engine he is changing to a maunal 4 speed (sm465) the only problem is the tbi truck has a driver side drop front axle and i think the all the old 4 speeds were passeneger side drop. is there any driver side drops that bolt to the sm465 or is there some other way to go about this.

 

[bigred81]

The transfer case is all that matters so long it is a drivers side drop and 32 spline it will work.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

If he finds a late SM465 out of a IFS truck he'd have all the parts.

 

[4X4HIGH]

IIRC the LS engine requires some special stuff to run an older style manual trans. I can't remember if it was a whole different flywheel required or just a spacer (I think a different flywheel though). I have a friend who did an LS swap while using a SM465 trans and I know he had to buy some $300.00 special something or another to make it work.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

kjunky5 is doing one for his K5.

 

[Kjunky5]

Yeah. I've got the part numbers on my computer at home. But I do remember it's the Ram #1550 flywheel bolts to the gen3 and accepts old school clutches. Use a pilot bearing from a ls2 corvette. There's several different ways to go about it....I'll post more when I get home.

 

[Stomis]

Yeah. I've got the part numbers on my computer at home. But I do remember it's the Ram #1550 flywheel bolts to the gen3 and accepts old school clutches. Use a pilot bearing from a ls2 corvette. There's several different ways to go about it....I'll post more when I get home.

Si senor.

The LS to older trans issue is a distance thing not a bellhousing pattern issue.

 

[Kjunky5]

Stock OEM flywheel GM# 12561680. Uses GenIII clutch assembly.
OEM 0.400 spacer GM# 12563532
longer bolts GM# 12563533
McLeod extended pilot bushing #8617



Ram-1550 Flywheel. Use standard clutch. I don't know if you have to use the spacer with this flywheel.
Special pilot bearing GM# 12557583