Ive got a 92 rs V6 5 speed car. I will need a V8 bell housing for the swap, what other parts will i need? Thanks in advance

 

I assume this is a swap to a V8....

Besides the V8 BH, you'll need a V8 T-5, flywheel, and clutch.

 

So the V6 tranny wont bolt up to the V8 style BH? If not ill put the T56 I have in it?

 

It will bolt right up; but the clutch gear splines won't engage a V8 clutch.

There's some clutch disc that people talk about that you can use to rig a 6-cyl transmission behind a V8. It's small, like an inch or more smaller than the right clutch, so it's weak.

THe 6-cyl transmission has the crappy wide-ratio 6-cyl gears; so you end up with the typical 6-cyl situation where EVERY shift is like the 1-2 shift int he 700 automatic. The motor goes from "scream" to "lug", with nothing in between. In other words, the ratios are too wide for a "performance" application; they're set up for a gas mileage application.

The 6-cyl transmission is also weaker than the V8 one, because the gear tooth part of the clutch gear is smaller in diameter.

The T-5 is already entirely weak enough: even the strongest V8 version is amazingly easy to tear up with a stock 305. While it's possible to make one live indefinitely by babying it sufficiently, I doubt that most of us here would go to all the trouble of a V8 swap, with the express intent of babying the car forever afterwards. We would probably like to equip the car in such a way that we could actually make use of the newly installed power.

Bottom line, just because it's "possible", doesn't make it "a good idea".

You need a V8 transmission, flywheel, and clutch, if you're expecting V8-like results.

Or, if you have a T-56, that's an even better way to go.

 

Go with the t56 you have, it is a much better transmission. I got 30miles out of my T5 behind the fresh 383. Was a waste of time and money. Should have just upgraded with the motor instead of trying to cut corners to save myself money on the short term.

 

Thanks guys!