Has anyone managed to mate a 617 to a 722.6? I have searched and only found vague references in very old threads so I figured a new thread aimed specifically at this combination would help.

Interested as well.

I thought there was something about the starter being on the opposite side? Or maybe I am thinking of the 722.4 and 722.5s? Maybe the .6 has an intermediate plate that takes care of this.. Would be an interesting mating though.

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Later .3s, .4s, .5s, and .6s have the starter on the other side. Unlike a .3/4/5 the .6 does have a removable bell housing. Remove the bell housing from the .6, chop it down, chop the end off a sacrificial 617 .3, tig weld together. It could be done.

I thin whipplem104 offers a stand alone .6 controller.

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722.6 requires a computer to manage the shifting......its an electronic transmission

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I'm aware of whats needed to operate the trans, i've already talked to whipplem about it, i was just curious if anyone had seen, made, or heard of an adapter plate before i go cutting up bellhousings (seen this method also).

Easier to just buy a om602

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I didn't ask what would be easier I can figure that out for myself.

Lol. Why wouldn't you want an aluminum head?

Advanced adapters, in paso Robles or templeton, ca. I believe they can do anything.

Edit: yep. They still do custom work. They may have done something similar before, as diesel swaps are popular.

www.advanceadapters.com/capabilities.php

well to derail this..... that costs money.

Perhaps you can go with this route and modify the existing bell.
5 speed manual om617


Or you slice the existing bell and merge a donor bell with the proper starter hump as mentioned above. If you get to that point, I have a couple of 722.118 removable bells with the right side starter hump that I am selling.

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M112 engines come pre-attached to the 722.6, and make almost 2x the power with equal reliability and better MPG's than the 617.....just sayin...

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So the 112 gets better than 30 mpg then? Look if I wanted to swap engines I would have asked about that, no disrespect but I'm not the kind of person who just goes the easy way all the time, u like the 617 and I plan on putting a 722.6 behind it, I dont understand why anyone keeps steering away from the purpose of this thread

You sound like a jackass.

You do know the om617 isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread right?

Om617 doesn't eve have a cross flow head, or 4 valves per cylinder.

Don't be so stubborn about using a lack luster engine. 602, 603, and 606's are extremely affordable and offer stupendous advantages out of the box.

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