any1 knows if 91 gts and sr5 are interchangable? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

aasaa_666 · 03-03-2006, 02:57 AM

does anyone one know, for sure, if 91 gts (16v 4age) and 91 sr5 (4afe) parts are interchangable as far as:

1. drive axle
2. powersteering rack and pinion
3. front suspension

aaron7 · 03-03-2006, 09:05 AM

Front suspension, no. The GTS uses cartridge style struts. As for the other parts I have no idea!

***REN69*** · 03-03-2006, 11:17 AM

The GTS suspension will work if you take the WHOLE strut assembly and replace it with the SR5s.

The other parts I'm assuming they are the same basically. A call to a Toyota dealer's parts dept. would clear that up.

freakinbox · 03-03-2006, 04:17 PM

yea the gts stuff works if you replace the sr5 stuff fully.
My question is if the gts suspension is lower than the sr5, or is it just beefier?

epyon22 · 03-03-2006, 08:03 PM

i would expect it to be just probally stiffer spring rates and better shocks nothing fancy thye look about the same ride height

freakinbox · 03-03-2006, 08:40 PM

oh and btw someone on the forums went on and on to me how the sr5 doesn't have sway bars! the sr5 has a rear sway bar

not that I care lol

aasaa_666 · 03-03-2006, 09:26 PM

I doubt that Toyota parts department will open up a drive axle box just to see if sr5 axles will work with gts front disk brakes. All they do is look at parts number.

TBayToyotaBoy · 03-03-2006, 10:45 PM

Check the part numbers on http://www.rockauto.com

Or, if you have a buddy working at a parts store (a luxury I can't do without anymore), ask him to look into it. My hunch is that the driveaxle lengths might be slightly different between the two models, though the hub assemblies look identical to me.

And who was claiming to "know" that SR5s don't have sway bars? Time to skool them.

freakinbox · 03-03-2006, 11:16 PM

actually I was told you can use the sr5 drive axels if you do the swap with the engine and tranny.

toyotaspeed90 · 03-04-2006, 03:39 AM

axles are identical (except that some mr2/gts cars i've seen with original axles still have the older axles that actually unbolt).... inboard & outboard shafts are the same size & spline count.

i would assume the rack & pinion is the same, the PS pump/reservoir is NOT

front suspension is the same except the sr5 doesn't have serviceable struts

the SR5's don't have FRONT swaybars from factory