My question to you is why does it matter if it's a 3S-GE BEAMS or not? I've read the entire thread and I understand that if you were to swap the BEAMS in then you would have to swap to Superstrut suspension and SS-III brakes and have essentially an SS-III replica. But... Couldn't you simply try to say it's just a 3S-GE and only do larger brakes? I'm pretty sure that whoever inspects the car won't know anything about BEAMS or Celicas in general. And odds are if the guy goes "Holy crap! BEAMS!" then he's going to be cool enough with you and pass the car anyway. It may be BEAMS, but it's still a 3S-GE engine.

@richee3: You got a point there! And I was thinking about that. But then I got afraid of all the problems the ST swap would bring (if it is so much difference from GT?), and I am now searching for a LHD 3S-GE front cut...

If I remember correctly, the BEAMS swaps much more easily into a GT. Why not find a spare GT to swap some parts over? I think OEM GT axles work, so there's one headache taken care of.

I was thinking of getting a front-cut BEAMS, so that I have all the parts needed. But I saw that there was some problems of aligning the engine in a ST engine bay, which makes axles and such dont fit?