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post Apr 24, 2018 - 6:40 PM
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Kevchek

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First off, my names Kevin. I’m new to the forums over here. I’ve owned my st215 swapped gt for about 2-3 years now. It was stock when I bought it, the turbo went so I slapped a ctx15b 58mm on there and drove the piss out of it until I finally threw a rod and piston out the side of the block. It sat for about a year and a half and I’m finally buying a new motor and bringing Cali back to life. I pulled the motor and trans this past weekend and decided to see how much a rebuild would cost on the s54 transmission. The trans would grind third on downshift unless I revmatched and shifted without the clutch. I figured it would only be as simple as syncros. Well that wasn’t the case, turns out everything needs replacement. I got a quote from a very reputable shop, that I’ve used for years, with a price tag of 2100$! For a transmission that was only meant to handle 200hp. I thinks that’s insane. I was looking into an e153 lsd from an Mr2. If that’s even possible how can I achieve it. Basically I’m looking for a better alternative than the piece of garbage s54. Suggestions ?

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- Kevchek   94 Celica GT ST215 Transmission Advice   Apr 24, 2018 - 6:40 PM
- - richee3   The “garbage” S54 has held significant...   Apr 24, 2018 - 8:50 PM
|- - Kevchek   QUOTE (richee3 @ Apr 24, 2018 - 8:50...   Apr 24, 2018 - 9:06 PM
- - Box   You can use the E153 from the MR2, but something a...   Apr 24, 2018 - 11:00 PM
- - HardHead93   I have a ST215 swap with a S54 transmission and it...   Apr 25, 2018 - 2:05 AM
- - Kevchek   Thank you all for your great feedback ! I actu...   Apr 25, 2018 - 6:23 AM
|- - HardHead93   If I were you I would just change the gear oil to ...   Apr 25, 2018 - 5:06 PM
- - Box   If you could find a lower mileage S54 out of a sto...   Apr 25, 2018 - 3:36 PM
- - slavie   $2k for an E153 is a LOT. Generally, the MR2 ...   Apr 25, 2018 - 6:50 PM
- - slavie   Also, why did the shop tell you everything needs t...   Apr 25, 2018 - 6:58 PM
- - Kevchek   Everyone thank you so much for all your answers to...   Apr 25, 2018 - 7:52 PM
- - slavie   You can put an LSD into an S5X box, and there the ...   Apr 25, 2018 - 8:40 PM
- - Box   Since you decided on using the S54 for now I'd...   Apr 25, 2018 - 10:22 PM
- - TimeslideZ   Sorry late to the post. Keep going w/ the s54 lol;...   Apr 25, 2018 - 10:26 PM
- - Kevchek   SO my s54 should be in next week. And I just bough...   Apr 29, 2018 - 5:55 PM
- - Kevchek   So after a couple weeks of bull**** dealing with T...   May 14, 2018 - 7:23 AM
- - richee3   S54 axles don’t separate into inners and outers, s...   May 14, 2018 - 9:07 AM
- - Kevchek   Even though my old transaxle was open diff ? This ...   May 14, 2018 - 1:30 PM
- - richee3   I don’t know if S54 axles will work with an S53 bu...   May 14, 2018 - 3:45 PM
- - Kevchek   A 94 GT ? I’m sure I’ll find out for myself tomorr...   May 14, 2018 - 4:36 PM
- - richee3   You got it, ST204 axles are interchangeable with S...   May 14, 2018 - 8:21 PM
- - slavie   S51-S54 "inner" axles are all same, LSD ...   May 14, 2018 - 10:33 PM
- - Smaay   your axles will be fine, and ill confirm the MR2 E...   May 23, 2018 - 11:46 PM


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