Supershannon77's 3sgte build, WRC st205 3sgte with emspowered s252 turbo kit Options

[supershannon77]

I want to first start the thread with a link to my last thread http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=52431 This is my next big step from all that info.

Here is the story.
I was in love with my 5sfte I drove her with a smile on my face each and every day. After my exhaust feel off at the dwg meet my car started really smoking so at first Jim thought my ebay turbo had finally blown the seals and the oil was just blowing into the downpipe and causing a huge amount of smoke. Well after getting my exhaust fixed it just kept smoking..I should get a video to show u guys bc its bad.

Well Jim and I wanted to check to see if the compression was still good b4 I went and bought a new turbo and that's when we found out cly 2 had 60 compression.

SO we sat down and talked about options for a little while comparing different set ups and different ideas...and my biggest prob was if I had to have it rebuilt I wanted to do it big. So once I asked Jim his brother and Manny what they would do it was clear to me that I had to be a traitor and go to the 3rd gen 3sgte.

We looked for mr2 engine sets with the lsd e153 trans since Jim had spare st205 parts. That way I could have the same setup as Jim's pretty much bc I love how smooth his car drives even tho my 5sfte was more fun and felt faster for a small girl like me have such a smooth driving car is much safer.

Jim decided to go to the local place that sells sets and talk to the guy and this is were I got very excited and decided to start a thread to share my story and experience with this build with you.

At the moment this is what my setup will be:
WRC ST205 3sgte
e153 from a mr2t with lsd
custom turbo kit(no more ebay turbo)

As for now Ill be updating this little by little but it could be a little while b4 another big update..and you will have pictures of me doing work on the car bc ill be helping out with the swap for sure! I am also gonna try to get lots of detailed pictures with explanations!

My old setup is gonna be sold off so if u will be looking for anything please contact me but it might not be ready for at least a month to be shipped.

Here are pictures more to come once the rain stops!














This post has been edited by supershannon77: Jul 18, 2012 - 8:18 PM

[supershannon77]

Well I have been searching camry e153s for a few hrs now...

Jim originally thought it was lsd but after all this reading I found something that said all camry/solara come with open diffs.I'm not sure the year of my trans yet but it would really help my searching if i new the yr, Ill try to find out Friday when ill be able to look at everything and can get more info on the trans b/c I'm very intrigued by it all.

This is what i found out:

The camry/solara trans have a higher top gear and after 2002 they have different gearing but in 2002 its really an e351 trans.

I also read that the camry/solora have stronger syncros then the mr2t trans they have like triple syncros.(unless just the 2002 up e351 had the better syncros)

Over at mr2oc it seems like a lot of members have bought the camry e153 since they are stronger and have a higher top gear or just better gearing(depends on the year)and then they put in a quaife or trd diff which I think ill be doing. Also since the lsd e153 is pretty rare i guess this is an easier option for a lot of ppl.

does anyone have good info about the camry trans compared to the mr2?

gearing is
E153 3.230 1.913 1.258 0.918 0.731 Diff: 3.933, 4.285 (Camry/Solara V6 MT, MR2T)
E351 3.538 2.045 1.333 0.972 0.731 Diff: 3.944

[presure2]

Well I have been searching camry e153s for a few hrs now...

Jim originally thought it was lsd but after all this reading I found something that said all camry/solara come with open diffs.I'm not sure the year of my trans yet but it would really help my searching if i new the yr, Ill try to find out Friday when ill be able to look at everything and can get more info on the trans b/c I'm very intrigued by it all.

This is what i found out:

The camry/solara trans have a higher top gear and after 2002 they have different gearing but in 2002 its really an e351 trans.

I also read that the camry/solora have stronger syncros then the mr2t trans they have like triple syncros.(unless just the 2002 up e351 had the better syncros)

Over at mr2oc it seems like a lot of members have bought the camry e153 since they are stronger and have a higher top gear or just better gearing(depends on the year)and then they put in a quaife or trd diff which I think ill be doing. Also since the lsd e153 is pretty rare i guess this is an easier option for a lot of ppl.

does anyone have good info about the camry trans compared to the mr2?

gearing is
E153 3.230 1.913 1.258 0.918 0.731 Diff: 3.933, 4.285 (Camry/Solara V6 MT, MR2T)
E351 3.538 2.045 1.333 0.972 0.731 Diff: 3.944

yea, shannon, all the camry/solara trannys are non LSD, but are already set up for FWD.
the one dustin is running is from a 99 or 00 camry IIRC, and shifts super smooth.
getting the LSD installed is typicly ~3-500$ depending on who does it.

the daily drivability of the gen3 is somthing that will be great for you shannon, since the car is your daily.
i love how docile and "normal" the 3rd gen feels just driving around at normal speeds in the city, then can just become a total beast with a push of your right foot.
good luck with the project, i hope everything goes smoothly for you!
if ya need somthing i can help with, just let me know.