which manual tranny should use for 5thgen swap? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

asianchen · 06-21-2003, 11:50 AM

oh its me again with more questions =D
okie i ahve a 5th gen 90 Celica Gt and its Automatic for now but i am thinking of doing a Manual Swap, dont know when but hope sometime soon.. i want to know which Manual Tranny i should use? and if u live around Toronto Area and know a place that will do Swap for a decent price then tell me also =) thnx

Jzs147-RR · 06-22-2003, 11:09 AM

Your best bet is to find a smashed 5th gen and take out the trans/ecu/shifter linkage/interior shifter consol .etc..

Get all the parts it will make the swap 40 times faster ..

TewksCelica · 06-22-2003, 06:58 PM

jdm 5th gen tranny....... if you can find one and want to drop some $$ on it

Deep · 06-22-2003, 10:31 PM

Lots of choices dude. 4th gen GT/GTS and N/A MR2 has a taller final drive so its quicker but 5th gen will give better mileage, 6th is same as 5th for the Canadian market. Camry V6 and MR2 Turbo trannies are solid and have nice gearing, and the 94+ MR2's had LSD.

FlaK · 06-22-2003, 11:20 PM

If you ever are going to do the 3s-gte swap, go ahead and use the mr2/camry 5 speed. It'll take the 200+ hp of a swapped engine.

asianchen · 06-26-2003, 09:46 PM

lets say i was to get a Camry Tranny what would other major componet that i'll be needing off the camry? or just the transmission alone?

Deep · 06-27-2003, 06:15 AM

The best thing to do is search the Camry forum for 5 speed swap. SpectraBlueCam did the auto to stick swap in his 5SFE Camry and it would be exactly the same procedure with the same parts (not sure about axles) that he used.