awd -> fwd questions Options

[JasonTX]

Sorry if its been covered before i did not see it in searches, but i have a question for any of you that have used the awd tranmission in your swaps. once you get it bolted to the motor can you drive it with out the propshaft and rear diff? my understanding is its gonna split 50/50 between the front and rear so i'm a bit concerned of burning it out with no load from the rear. is there a way to lock out the center diff and use it in a FWD configuration? Can someone confirm one way or the other? i'de like to drvie it to a friends lift but he's about 150 miles away

thanks

-jec

This post has been edited by JasonTX: Jan 14, 2014 - 1:03 PM

[JasonTX]

This might sound like a daft question, but I might be excused for being a novice...:

What gearbox/transmission do FWD swapped-3SGTE celicas ST use? The standard ST isn\'t strong enough, the AWD box needs the center diff welded or it won\'t work, so is there something that will work easily?

Thanks,
M.

After a little search, it seems that the proper way to do things would be to swap the 2.0 or 2.2 box in. Apparently it can take the extra power and torque.
Now, on the basis that the 3SGTE can be made to work, does this not mean that you can (rather) easlily make a FWD or AWD celica RWD (with the propshaft and rear dif)?
I wonder if anyone has done this...

M.

yeah, s54 is certainly the cheapest option i've found around here, and although some people seem to say it cant handle it, theres a pretty long list of fairly well documentd swaps abusing the s54 for many years now with little ill effect. My research on it seems to indicate the s54 could really benefit from exchanging the 5th gear from an s51 tranny to reduce your 5th gear rpms. found it inline for about 90 bucks

Gear, 5th: 33336-33030
Ring Synchronizer, Inner no 5: 33397-333012
Ring Synchronizer, Middle no 5: 33398-12010
Ring Synchronizer, Outer no 5: 33399-33010

also cant remember whos thread it was but they included some graphs of the the rpms between the s54 and s51 with an overlay in 5th. the math to figure it out is pretty straight forward but it might be a good idea to compile all the s54 info in a thread for future reference


also the s54 can be fitted with the oem helical lsd for the 2004+ mr2 spyders, there an obx option for about 400 bucks but the reviews have been less than encouraging,

You can drive it enough to get it on a trailer. I drove mine around the back of my house with out rear axles. But i wouldnt do much more than that.

yeah since getting rid of the truck i\'ve had a million uses for it,

This post has been edited by JasonTX: Jan 16, 2014 - 10:22 AM