Been looking at starting the purchases for my build. To start I am searching for the the e153 lsd trans. I have found a few on ebay and what not but for pricing reasons I was thinking about just comboing it with a motor, (another 3sgte most likely.) Anyways, the companies with the jdm motors for sale on ebay and all over the net never have a version of the transmission. I found a st215 caldina motor with an 5spd fwd transmission on it. Which doesnt make sense cuase the caldina didnt have a 5spd fwd M tranny. Anyways, was hopeing to get lucky with the tranny being a e153 lsd, so I called and they asked me to describe how to find out which tranny it is. Is there a proper way to describe any distinguishing features of the tranny to know if its an e153?

Seriously, these manufactures need to start marking this ****. lol

the only E153 that came with an LSD that I know of was the 93+ MR2. while the LSD will work the transmission will not. Not without modification. the shifter linkage is on the front instead of the back. so you have to either mod the case to move the linkage in the back, or install the LSD in a camry/Solara transmission.

I have a 2000 Solara E153 in my car.

The Caldina did come with a LSD FWD 5spd.. My brother converted it to fit his 4th gen 3sgte MR2.Im assuming it should fit the Celica

e153 trans has very long gearing. many say it is too long... along with that it is not really a necessary transmission unless there is serious power to be made. i kind of steered myself away from it. it is a rather expensive swap with customized everthing. i would rather keep the s54 trans and find an lsd for it. richee3 and tigawoods have the s54 trans with an lsd. lets hear from them about there setups.

I have an S54 with an OEM Helical LSD. While it works and is very functional, it's pretty weak as far as LSD's are concerned. It would hold up to the power just fine but wouldn't work as well as a TRD, KAAZ, or Quiaffe LSD. As I remember, your power goals are higher than the short gearing if the S54 would be suited for. An E153 with LSD (stock LSD or not) would be better than an S54. It's a stronger trans and the longer gearing is better suited for higher power goals.

Double post.

This post has been edited by richee3: Aug 14, 2013 - 1:56 PM

the TRD and quaife LSD for the 7th gen will work in the S54

just got an e153 off of the solara 99 I think. I will now do some research about the aftermarket lsd.

one thing after another on the research. Thanks Smaay, and Richee3...

good job on finding an E163, the axles you need are MR2 Inners and ST185 outters. I have not needed any spacer. Im also using a 2005 Sienna axle bearing carrier