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ke382TG Forums Junkie Registered: May 2002	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!! Thu, 19 August 2004 00:27 I have a KE25 and just 2 weeks ago did a second brake upgrade on the front end of my car (it was only a cheap upgrade to improve over the first setup that was fitted). Mmmkay. Original setup on my KE25 was 4 wheel drums A TA22 brake booster and master cylinder are fitted to my car (booster is 2nd hand, master cylinder was purchased new). The first brake "upgrade" was the fitment of RA28 celica discs (solid disc 254 or 256mm diamter) to KE30/55 hubs (pretty sure they are all the same??) and the use of the RA28 caliper mounting plate (only required the 4 mounting holes to be redrilled) all fitted to the KE25 strut. To fit the RA28 disc to the KE30 hub an adaptor was machined up which was bolted to the hub and the disc was bolted to the adaptor. This setup worked ok for casual driving but after being given a hard time it struggled to stop (solid discs and cheapo pads). This setup was on the car for nearly 5 years and was adequate enough to pass engineering inspections. I wanted vented discs on the front end so my next step was to do a minor upgrade. It had to be cheap and effective and be able to run with the current brake master cylinder. So after perusing the DBA catalogue for disc dimensions I settled on a Peugeot 306 disc (vented ,had to have it machined down to 258mm from 266mm) and ST162 Celica SX front calipers. A redrill of the existing (RA28) caliper mount and a redrill of the peugeot disc allowed it all to bolt together. 3 days after I got it all together I took it to a track day and they worked really well! Better pedal feel than the previous setup, better stopping power and they were able to complete full 20 minute track sessions (5 or 6 of them) without any fade whatsoever! (even after hitting over 200km/hr each lap down the straight and braking hard for the first corner). I know it's not a fantastic twin or four piston setup, but it certainly does the job at pulling up a 900kg car. NB: the rear is still running commodore drums (it was meant to get discs at the time the diff was fitted but due to a number of fitment probs it had to run drums, but they have worked fine so far). PM me you email address if you would like me to send you some pics of the setup before and after it's assembly. Cheers, Shane. [Updated on: Thu, 19 August 2004 00:31] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	the dayo	Wed, 18 August 2004 11:40
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	oldcorollas	Wed, 18 August 2004 11:45
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	the dayo	Wed, 18 August 2004 12:17
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	rotatr	Wed, 18 August 2004 12:32
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	YelloRolla	Wed, 18 August 2004 13:16
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	oldcorollas	Wed, 18 August 2004 13:28
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	earlyrolla	Wed, 18 August 2004 14:14
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	ke382TG	Thu, 19 August 2004 00:27
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	Bugman	Thu, 19 August 2004 02:12
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	the dayo	Thu, 19 August 2004 04:42
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	earlyrolla	Fri, 20 August 2004 06:22
	Re: KE20 brake upgrade, GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!!	rotorace	Sat, 21 August 2004 10:24

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