94 Celica GT ST215 Transmission Advice Options

[Kevchek]

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 ?

[TimeslideZ]

Sorry late to the post. Keep going w/ the s54 lol; but I'll share what I know about the e153 swap.

Iirc it's the NON-MR2 turbo inner axle w/ the ST185 all-trac outer cv axle (w/ a ST185 spacer on the passenger side). I forgot but the axle carrier is custom too (I think).
From my experience the outer cv axle tends to go out first; but replacing it is pretty simple when just doing the outer.

The other option I've heard is the use the 1990-1991 v6 camry axles that should work too; but someone else who's done it can verify that.
Thankfully the local autozone/oriely/rockauto still carries the all-trac axles though, since the local Toyota dealers no longer carry them in stock.