Thanks for the feedback
That pic of the converted box (satans child) actually now belongs to me and is in pieces downstairs. It's a 185 RC box (3.9) fitted with an MR2 LSD and cover plate. On inspection I found cracks in the pinions and munted synchro's
What I know about the 1st box. It now belongs to a mate in Sydney and was sold to him as a Beams box.
It has a KAAZ LSD fitted, which suggests that it wasn't stock LSD.
I've asked him to to test fit it to a 3S block, but his spare block is at the shop and his gearbox mac want's $4k to put this one back together.
The starter is definitely on the wrong side, apart from the S53 I don't know of another box with that arrangement
Here's the internals of the 1st box
I'll try get a pic of the other side so you can see the starter hole is blanked off