1mzfe swap..., tranny crossmember Options

[celicasteve]

Hi all, first post here.

i have been researching about putting the v6 from a solara into my 1994 stx.
i have a shop tha specializes in toyotas that is willing to do the labor for $1500 inculidng some fab.
Im going to gather all of the parts, including engine and trans. out of all the research that i have done to use the solara trans i need the st205 mounts (im not positive) so i would need the crossmember also? Or will a gt member and mounts work? Also shifter cables? i would need the st205 cables also. I have all of the part numbers for the mounts and cables (st205) so i don't need those ( the search function works great

now i know of 2 celicas running a v6, one a 5th gen gt with a 1mzfe, had to lower the engine 3ins to make it fit under hood, and the other is a alltrac that has the 3mzfe (yes a v6 alltrac that he kept the all wheel drive!)
http://celicatech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15984

i don't think this has been attempted in a 6th gen at all, so it would be nice to be the first

if you have any useful info it would be greatly appreciated. Also if another tranny that is easier to install is avialible would be great!

Thanks
Steve

[burneeed]

ok... as far as the solara tranny goes and the cross member. You can use the same one theres no need to change that. That tranny is pretty much the same design as the mr2 turbo tranny so for a converstion you can follow the guide on how to swap trannys. Mounts are prolly the most painful part of it. I have done the tranny swap on my gt and it was not easy heres what I did.

Converted to fwd... but yours is already setup for that.
Front Gt tranny mount in the front under the rad that will work.
The mount that goes on the top of the tranny you will have to combine the GT tranny mount + A Mr2 turbo tranny mount.
Now the rear is the hardest you will have to make a mount for this. I looked at about 300 different mounts at advance before I found something I liked. Then I had to get 2 peices welded for each side of the rear mount to connect to.
GT shifter cables will work with that tranny. Mine had to be modified to work with 4th gear.
Make absolute sure that you pick up the bracket that bolts to the block that holds the carrier bearing. Along with the snap ring that goes inside. Other wise its not going to hold your axles.
As far as axles goes. Go to mr2oc and see about getting mr2 inners. Get 2 sets of them. So you can put one set in and take the other set power saw off the one end and make a spacer. So you can make an extention otherwise your axles are going to fall out. Then make sure you get etiheri st185 axles or Camry v6 axles. And you should be good.

Atleast I think I covered everything?