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Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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Sat, 14 August 2004 14:14
 
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First decide what brake calipers you want, then buy them.
HiLux 4wd 4-spots are a well know conversion, will work, often on older Celicas. They are more heavy, but you may not notice the weight, depends on how developed your car is. You could make a adapter plate to fit the AE86 strut, but it may be easier to use the Corona strut and change the spring mount over. You will have to machine the disk down to 266mm, use the conona hub, drill the disk holes bigger, and machine 1mm off the mounting face of the disk. Easy.
I gather Mazda RX-7 4 spots would also be a common upgrade. Are lighter. I am guessing this would be the more common upgrade in Japan. That or Skyline brake calibers. I am told they are all made by Sumitomo anyway, so the whole Toyota vs Nissan isn't realy applicable. I am sure there is a mounting kit in Japan where you can just bolt on these calipers, but I am sure you can find someone to just make the adapter plate.
Just buy the calipers you want first, then make it fit.
But on the light AE86, you don't realy need 4 spots. Any vented disk brake made to fit in a 14" rim will work fine with some decent pads. I used early Tarago brakes once with cheap pads, worked well.
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86 brake upgrade
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Bert | Sat, 14 August 2004 05:43 |
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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Jonny2TG | Sat, 14 August 2004 14:14 |
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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chrizer | Sun, 15 August 2004 08:01 |
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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squeak | Sun, 15 August 2004 09:12 |
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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EVOSTi | Sun, 15 August 2004 09:56 |
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exquisit | Sun, 15 August 2004 13:06 |
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Re: 86 brake upgrade
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Jonny2TG | Sun, 15 August 2004 15:20 |
