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Originally Posted by gtpvette
I'm guessing the LSX block is about 4" shorter and an inch or so more narrow. The Holden pan is a bit different in the rear than the GTO. It's basically 2" from the bell housing to get past rounder corner. I suspect it's much like the notched GTO pan. Does seem to be about a inch shorter from the bell housing to the sump. Depth is the same.
I do think it's work (motor height aside). Would love to see how the AY6 (6-speed V6 Camaro trans) compares to a T56 and how much room in and around the tuannel.
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From what I understand the ay6 is a variant of the frs transmission. Should be close to the same.
The manual transmission: Aisin’s AZ6
Since the demise of the 1st-generation Lexus IS manual transmissions in 2005, Toyota’s sole remaining shift-it-yourself tranny for longitudinal rear-wheel-drive and RWD-centric all-wheel-drive applications for cars and light trucks has been the 6-speed Aisin AY6, which, in Toyotaspeak, is the RA60 series of transmissions. It actually exists in a plethora of versions, with varying individual and differential gear ratios. The RA60 proper is used on current 2-wheel-drive Toyota Tacoma pickups, the beefed-up RA60F for 4-wheel-drive Tacomas, RA61F for 4-wheel-drive FJ Cruiser, RA62 for the Lexus IS 250 and RA63 for Europe’s Lexus IS 200d and IS 220d diesels. The Aisin AY6 is also used by General Motors in V6 manual versions of the Cadillac CTS, reborn Chevrolet Camaro and Australia’s Holden Commodore. With the AY6 receiving generally tepid reviews for its vague and rubbery shifter feel in both its Toyota/Lexus and GM applications (including yours truly’s thoughts on the Lexus IS 250C Manual), this author dreaded the possibility that this might be the leading row-your-own contender for putting the power down to the rear wheels of the FT-86 family of coupes.
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I almost wonder if you could do a bellhousing swap on the frs transmission and bolt the lfx motor up!!! Of course I think you would need to examine both at a junkyard. I haven't went that far yet.