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Originally Posted by dereklburt

My wheels still need wheel emblems that will be coming in the future. I want ones to match the stock yellow and green emblems. I tried to attach the video but could not get it to work. Here is the info on the Euro transmission from Monkeywrench. It is not any stronger than stock but the gearing is a lot better for a more powerful car. Also, the stock 6th gear in the lotus is actually lower geared than even the Celica so you see a huge difference in cruising RPM on the highway. My car now cruises at 3000RPM at 80mph and has a theoretical top speed of over 220mph. I believe that with the stock transmission it would probably top out at around 170mph at redline. Because of the gearing, I was also able to complete the autocross course in 1st gear. On a larger faster course, second gear will be fine as it is good to over 80mph. The car no longer needs the close ratio gears and is faster with the longer gearing now that it has so much power.

I copied and pasted this from the Monkeywrench web site:

This is a very special transmission. It will bolt right up to any 1ZZ or 2ZZ engine and is specially modified by MWR so that it may be installed in any 00+ Celica or 05+ Lotus Elise or Exige. No adapters or custom work of any kind are required for the installation. Works with stock or aftermarket clutches and flywheels, stock or aftermarket shifters, stock shifter cables, stock axles.

You get a factory fresh 6-speed with TRD's trusted helical limited slip differential already installed! Add up the cost of any other new or used 6-speed, LSD and LSD install and you can see that this is a steal.

Note: Axle ratio is 3.941:1 rather than 4.529:1 found in US-model Toyota ZZ 6-speeds. This means that it is a very usable transmission for street driving and that it works excellent with forced induction. Revs are considerably lower on the highway than they would be with a Celica/Lotus or Matrix transmission (~3100 rather than 3600 at 80mph) so fuel economy is noticeably better. Most people find that because of the Celica's and especially the Lotus's light weight there is very little penalty in acceleration times even for naturally aspirated cars. There can actually be an acceleration advantage for forced induction cars because the lower gears are much more usable and less shifting is required.

Note: this transmission requres use of the selector shaft from your old 6-speed transmission. It is very easy to swap over. If you do not have an old 6-speed transmission then contact us and we can arrange to sell you a reasonably priced used selector shaft.

Ratios:
1st: 3.166
2nd: 1.904
3rd: 1.310
4th: 0.969
5th: 0.815
6th: 0.725
Final Drive: 3.941

US Celica 6-spd Ratios:
1st: 3.166
2nd: 2.050
3rd: 1.481
4th: 1.166
5th: 0.916
6th: 0.725
Final Drive: 4.529
(I believe the lotus 6th is actually 0.82)

How would this tranny work with Exige 265>?