What can be done to beef up the stock GT tranny?, already ran a search Options

[CelicaSTX02]

This has probably been discussed before, but I couldn't find what I needed when I ran a search. I was wondering if you guys could tell me what is needed to beef up the GT stock tranny, so it'll handle the 2nd gen 3sgte better. Orrr......do I really need to beef it up at all??

[sphinx]

Hands down, if you plan on just swaping a 3sgte and that's it. Then you CAN use a GT tranny. It will hold up, but you cant boost higher than 8psi. If that's all the power you're going for, then OK.

But if you're Power Crazy like me and the power you have is never enough, then DON'T get the GT tranny. It will die on you. I have trashed 2 GT tranny's, and now i'm going with the E-series.

Shid, I do have a Boost Controller (APEXi) and most of the time, I have it set at 12psi. I rarely have it at 8psi. But like I said, i'm power crazy. And hopefully by the end of the year, a Ball Bearing GT3040 turbo will be installed, and I sure as hell will not be able to play with that bad boy with a GT tranny.

Simple swap and nothing else = GT tranny will be OK.
Swap with future upgrades = GT tranny will not do so well.

You could add a LSD to the tranny, (i think TRD is the only one who makes one for the s54) but that will cost you arround $800- $900 and i'm not sure how well it will still hold up.

This post has been edited by sphinx: Aug 18, 2004 - 10:43 AM