V6 Solara tranny installed Options

[rm2932]

Well I started out by posting here like 9 months ago about what to do about axles for this tranny swap and I bought the parts for the MR-2/Alltrac hybird axles





Then to get the engine mounts to fit correctly I ordered the 3 brackets that bolt to the tranny for the engine mounts from Fensport in europe from a ST205.

part numbers

front-12311-74160
rear-12321-74310
driver-12325-74230

and i also got the one to the block

passenger-12315-74130

Then to get proper fitment I ordered throu TRD the ST205 engine mounts, all 4 of them. Which took 11 weeks to get.

Then I did some research to find that the ST205 and the US ST204 have the same shift cables and the same bracket that bolts to the tranny for the shift calbes. So I took my stock bracket and bolted it to the Solara tranny and it fits perfect.

The only problem I ran into is the rear mount with the St205 stuff moves it to the driver side a little which now the factory bolt doesn't fit so i had to go to the hardware store and buy a shorter bolt to fit in between the bracket and the crossmember where the power steering rack is. That cross member is different on a ST205 but the one that goes from the front of the car to the rear is the same on a ST204 and a St205.

And this is what it looks like installed

[jgreening]

RM, is your car operational yet? I have read other posts of people who have done the solara tranny swap who say the gears are very tall for the 3sgte and torque response suffers. What was your experience? Also, did you add an aftermarket LSD?