Question for the 3S Swappers! Options

[gt_driFFter]

Basically, I will be swapping soon (end of summer hopefully) and I want to know if it's worth it to go with the E153 Tranny, or any other LSD combo? For you guys using just the GT tranny, do you get much 1 wheel-peel? I'll have Dr Tweak do the swap, I just want to know if it's with the extra $1200-$1750.

Thanks

[lagos]

i dont really have a lot of torque steer with these tires. i did with my old ones. but yeah, lsd will help you not have torque steer issues.

i agree with what jay said about planing out your power level 1st, except that i don agree on the number he posted. i think as long as you stay under 300hp, youll be just fine with the stock GT tranny .

now here is something a lot of people dont think about. once you have a turbo car, and realize how easy it is to make more power, youll have a serious addiction. you will never feel like you have enough power. so if its in your budget, you might as well have a tranny in there, that you know will be able to hold 300+ hp without any problems.

[jgreening]

i dont really have a lot of torque steer with these tires. i did with my old ones. but yeah, lsd will help you not have torque steer issues.

i agree with what jay said about planing out your power level 1st, except that i don agree on the number he posted. i think as long as you stay under 300hp, youll be just fine with the stock GT tranny .

now here is something a lot of people dont think about. once you have a turbo car, and realize how easy it is to make more power, youll have a serious addiction. you will never feel like you have enough power. so if its in your budget, you might as well have a tranny in there, that you know will be able to hold 300+ hp without any problems.

Art, you and I agree on most things, this topic included. I think its fair to say that driving habits probably have more to do with this issue rather than the precise horsepower output of the car.

With that in mind, I will make one final point which you can refute if you like. I am relieved that you have had no problems so far with the GT tranny in the low 200 hp range (I am sure you are as well). However, I think that sometimes we rely on our own personal experiences too much in giving advice rather than the collective experiences of the community. I have read of AT LEAST 10 GT trannies from celica 3sgte swaps that have crapped out. I am sure there have been even more with MR2s (although I have never researched the issue). Most of these were far below 300whp. Perhaps there are a number of swaps out there at those levels, like yours, that have never had problems. With that said, I think we can safely conclude as a community that running the GT tranny at levels much above 200whp is going to be a risk.