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A 94 GT ? I’m sure I’ll find out for myself tomorrow when I take it all apart. And try the stock ones.

Even though my old transaxle was open diff ? This one is LSD. And I believe I was mistaken. My stock transmission was an s53. If that’s the case I could just buy stock celica axles ?

So after a couple weeks of bull**** dealing with Toyota, trying to get a 4th gear, and 4th gear synchro.. they failed at producing the parts. They are discontinued. So I went on eBay and ended up getting a hell of deal on a whole beams Redtop 3sge motor and s54-06d(helical LSD s54). As far as I’m concerned everything should bolt right up. The only problem I see myself running into is finding axles for the ho. The transmission comes with the inners, so I’m wondering if my stock gearbox outers will work with the lsd inners. If not do I have any other options than bringing the inners to a driveshaft shop to make me custom axles ? Any information on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin

SO my s54 should be in next week. And I just bought my motor yesterday. Now to decide what clutch to use. Any suggestions guys ? And I’m also wondering about a lightweight flywheel. It weighs 12lbs. Will I need to do a harmonic balancer as well ?

Everyone thank you so much for all your answers to my questions, and for all your advice. I’m just gonna go with the s54 and not worry about an lsd for now. As far as the transmission, it’s pretty worn. I’ve seen it myself. I’d rather just get it done and over with being that I’d like to keep the car for a while. I’ll be sure to post pics when I’m finished. Don’t expect anything pretty because I like when everyone thinking it’s a piece of trash.
You all are the best !

Thank you all for your great feedback ! I actually found a JDM e153 trans(which came with helical LSD) with only 50k on it! The price tag is $2k. So common sense tells me to go with that. But I’m still a bit nervous about doing this swap because like someone in the reply, I haven’t found a decent how to on this swap. The axels seem pretty straight forward. But my main concern is the linkages. MR2 linkages would point to the fromt of the car no ? Wouldn this require me to do some fabrication to the transmission ? And what about the clutch ? I just don’t wanna jump on this and then be stuck trying to figure it out on my own. And then in the back of my head everyone’s telling me the s54 isn’t as bad as I thought. So do I avoid all the work of swapping an e153 in there and just go with a brand new s54? They’re both literally the same price. But one requires a little more time and labor to accomplish. Thank you guys.
-Kevin

Yeahhhhh I know it “can” hold more than 200 But it wasn't built for 300+. I’m looking to make this car as reliable as can be. And I figured I got everything out now might as well do it all. I know the trans is in rough shape and it’s very old with a lot of hard abusive miles on it. The last thing I’d want is it get it running again and then grenade the trans. I’ll be sure to search that up because I’m really interested in going with an e153. Thanks for your response.

First off, my names Kevin. I’m new to the forums over here. I’ve owned my st215 swapped gt for about 2-3 years now. It was stock when I bought it, the turbo went so I slapped a ctx15b 58mm on there and drove the piss out of it until I finally threw a rod and piston out the side of the block. It sat for about a year and a half and I’m finally buying a new motor and bringing Cali back to life. I pulled the motor and trans this past weekend and decided to see how much a rebuild would cost on the s54 transmission. The trans would grind third on downshift unless I revmatched and shifted without the clutch. I figured it would only be as simple as syncros. Well that wasn’t the case, turns out everything needs replacement. I got a quote from a very reputable shop, that I’ve used for years, with a price tag of 2100$! For a transmission that was only meant to handle 200hp. I thinks that’s insane. I was looking into an e153 lsd from an Mr2. If that’s even possible how can I achieve it. Basically I’m looking for a better alternative than the piece of garbage s54. Suggestions ?