Mating ZF S6-40 trans to LS-2 Motor

[flangehead99]

Has anyone put the ZF 6 speed behind an Alum 6.0 LS motor. I have the motor out of an 04 Escalade and a new ZF 6 speed but am running into problems finding a bell housing that will work with 168 tooth flywheel.
The stock bell won't accept the big wheel that the 6.0 uses and I don't know if they make a starter with the right offset to accomodate the smaller wheel.
I talked to Bill at ZR-51 and he said you needed to use the T-56 bell housing with an adapter plate $600, a longer input shaft in the trans $600, and $600 to install and optimize the trans.

I am looking for a cheaper solution and I will find one just don't know how long it will take.
Hoping someone has already run this rabbit.

This set up is going in our 69 Camaro.



http://zfdoc.com/projects.htm

[2ndgenhunter]

I would sell the ZF 6spd and buy a LS t56. JMO. Good luck.

[WS6]

uh no way. The T56 is a brute. The ZF is silk and just as tough.

Quicktime makes a bell housing for the ZF. This should work for you. http://www.quicktimeinc.com/products.html

Scroll down to RM-6039 for info. Says you'll have to buy it through Rockland Standard Gear though

[bret]

Keep the ZF...dump the Tremec. Quicktime makes the bellhousing. It work great in Velocity and my GSX.