Re: AMC 2.5 (NOT iron Duke 2.5) Expert Advice needed

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: farna@xxxxxxx
" 
" On December 1, 2005 andrew hay wrote:
" 
" > true - up to '94.  yes, believe it or not, in '94-5 gm used
" > ford-pattern t5s!  on s-10s and camaros, though the camaro bell tips
" > the tranny toward the driver, 15* iirc.
" > 
" > dunno about input shaft lengths.  they might still be chevy, quite a
" > bit shorter than ford or amc.
" 
" I thought the Chevy input was longer than the AMC/Ford? At least than
" the six cylinder. I was thinking the Chevy input was closer to the AMC
" V-8 input length. If I'm wrong please just post something again -- I've
" never seen them side by side. I know the Ford will fit, so never
" bothered with the Chevy.

the gm definitely is not close to the amc v8 length.  i have an amc
t-10 and bell in my basement, and also a camaro t10u.  the bell is the
'mexican' one that fits pre-'72 sixes, and oddly it has meat in the
right places for a gm bolt pattern -- but it's -way- too deep for the
gm input.  the amc fits fine.

advance adapters measures both the gm and ford as 6.5", but jeep [t5]
as 7.19".  i'm not sure they're measuring consistently...

a long thread at jeeps-offroad.com on 'engine swap adapters' has this
http://www.jeeps-offroad.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=920 pic.
that's a '95 s10 2.2 bell on the right, an amc/jeep 2.5 bell on the
left.  they sure look the same depth, and greg doesn't comment on it.

this http://www.jeeps-offroad.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3257 is
the earlier s-10 bell, with the usual gm tranny pattern.
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