st215 turbo fwd?

[Grrrrrrr!]

Has anyone ever seen a st215 with factory 3sgte and 5spd fwd ( e153)

A guy on another forum is claiming that he has bought several of these but I can not find them listed on toyodiy, and I've never heard of a fwd caldina turbo. Same guy also claims gen4 3sgte rods are good for 400hp...

[Jdawg]

I have seen a couple of turbo/manual Caldinas go through Turners damaged when I have been looking around for parts. So yes they do exist. They normally go for a little bit more than what I have in the budget tho.

[Grrrrrrr!]

But were they FWD? Plenty of turbo manual 4wd Gt-ts around, but never seen or heard of a FWD one.

[Malcolm]

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one: The guy on the other forum is full of shit.

[Grrrrrrr!]

My thoughts exactly, I can find no such beast in toyodiy, but just checking to make sure, because sourcing a late model low kms e153 with triple cone synchros + lsd would be good, and caldinas are way more common than gen3+ mr2s.

however on the other side of the arguement there are people selling them.. http://www.jdmenginedepot.com/jdm_engine_details/236/Toyota_3S-GTE_Caldina_ST215_4TH_GEN_Engine,_Manual_FWD_Transmission,_Harness,_&_ECU_JDM_3SGTE, and that is not an mr2 gearbox, the linkages and clutch line mark it as setup for FWD. I was wondering if they are the 4wd box with the transfer case removed and a blanking plate installed, but that seems like a lot of work for an engine importer to do.

[RS13]

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one: The guy on the other forum is full of shit.

This. The importer may have just had a FWD box from a late model 3SGE Celica, or it might have come from a converted car. Then again, I have been surprised before.. found out recently that they make the 140kW RunX Z in a 2dr version! Certainly not something I've ever seen in NZ, overseas manufacturers seem to make quite a few "better" versions of the jap imports we get.

[thegreatestben]

I was going to suggest it might be some weird import going by a different name to Caldina.
Plenty of weird toyota's in Japan's fleet that don't appear here.

[MAC_HATER]

its common for yahoo's to blow the boxes doing mad heli's, and then not being able to find or afford the right replacement parts, and just chucking in a FWD box and removing the AWD parts, but that always leaves behind the likes of the rear AWD hubs and stuff behind, so you know a dodgy conversion when you get underneath it for a nosey

but ive never heard of a factory FWD 3S-GTE ST215 before, like its been said above, the guy could easily be talking arse

[Mr Revhead]

Has anyone ever seen a st215 with factory 3sgte and 5spd fwd ( e153)

A guy on another forum is claiming that he has bought several of these but I can not find them listed on toyodiy, and I've never heard of a fwd caldina turbo. Same guy also claims gen4 3sgte rods are good for 400hp...

Link us

[Grrrrrrr!]

http://www.mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=510226

[Mr Revhead]

Bloody yanks. Ask him to show us one then.

[Grrrrrrr!]

Thought about calling BS, but cbf with butting heads with him again after the gen4 rods are shit debate.. apparently in the US of A gen4 3sgtes don't bend rods. Only chased it up on here since low milage e153s are a rare commodity, and I seem to remember it cost Chelles about $1500 to get hers rebuilt with IIRC, some new bearings but no other new parts.. and was 10? years ago.

[Timmo]

Presumably these are imported engines from Japan? (i.e. the Caldina wasn't sold new in the USA?) If so, then surely our knowledge of JDM stuff would give a better idea than their (relatively) less exposure to JDM models and options?
Ask him where the engines/trans are coming from in case there was another market which got these odd combos.