will an e series 6 cyl 5 spd bolt to a ba 6 cyl block

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godsey82

Post subject: will an e series 6 cyl 5 spd bolt to a ba 6 cyl block

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:50 pm

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mates fitting a ba 6 into a 69 merc sounds weird but its going in. they found an e series 6 cyl 5spd and wondered if it will bolt up to the ba 6

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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:01 pm

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Almost but NO, an AU will if you want a mechanical clutch, these are rare as the proverbial. At a pinch you can use the E series bell housing but the bottom 4 bolts won't fit, two can be made to fit but the bottom two are a no go.

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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:03 pm

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so if they use an e series box with an au bellhousing , will that work?

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Yes

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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:06 pm

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it'll have to be an AU manual bellhousing, the auto bellhousing is different

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