Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 11:47 pm, by: Luke Middleton(Spook)
Well a hell of a lot better than before anyway. I'd had enough of the standard brakes on my V8 and managed to track to some TT callipers and discs(that just also happened to be slotted - bonus) Here are a few pics.....
If you are considering this as an upgrade for your V8- do it! do it now!
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:29 am, by: Luke Middleton(Spook)
Hi Jason,
you won't be disappointed and it's an easy job. Good quality pads made a big contribution also. There's a more progressive feel - where as before I found that you would really have to bury the foot to pull the car up. Light pressure on the pedal will now pull it up in what feels like half the time.
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 06:22 pm, by: Avin Luther(Lex_luther)
Stuart, I had to change my rims to clear teh bigger brakes, but as your profile suggests you have 19's its a good chance that they will clear them. They dont sit out much wider than the V8 ones
Jared: it would only really be harder on the wallet.. ... requires a minimal modifcation to the dust cover. Check Planet soarer for details
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 06:58 pm, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
Stuart, TT brakes fit in standard 16" rims so unless your offset is weird you will have no problem.
Jared, Supra TT brakes require larger wheels (as you have) and so are not a solution for V8 drivers with standard wheels. Celsior brakes are apparently another option but the TT brakes are doing a nice job on my car.
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 07:16 pm, by: Stuart Morgan(Stumagoo)
Thanks, I have read about the twin turbo supra upgrade, but did'nt realise the Soarer TT were more powerful as well. Sounds like the way to go for me, not that I have had any trouble stopping at all, but they do require a bit of force on the pedal. Will do braided lines whilst I'm at it!
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 08:45 pm, by: Luke Middleton(Spook)
From memory, the TT callipers stick out a further 25mm. There's less clearance between the rim and caliper than before. As for the rotors, they don't stick out any further - mainly lager diameter
Stuart, having to use alot of force to stop was my main gripe with the standard brakes also. All fixed now.
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:14 pm, by: Stuart Morgan(Stumagoo)
Well that's good to know then.... before I get too exited, I have about 15mm clearance between the inside of my rim spoke and where the caliper has that champher on it. Rims are a dish look and the spokes curve back from the centre, to the outer part of the rim to get the dish. Will have to measure from the disk to the inside of the rim where the caliper sits.... Did a search, and from what I can gather I need min of 68mm. Does that sound right? Am guessing the calipers would sit a little further out from the centre as of the wheel as well?
Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:27 pm, by: Benjamin Burgess(Jampac)
Jarad, you need not only larger wheels (assuming your talking about 4 pot supra brakes), ie min of 17" you also need a wheel with a design that can fit the very large caliper. You could use wheels with low offsets like +30 to fit over the calipers however in NSW its illegal to do this and can never be engineered unless you completely redesign the wheel hub assembly or atleast prove it works to an rta engineer. I had so much trouble of the last 2 weeks trying to find said wheels that I gave up and brought a set of supra 17" factory wheels that are designed to fit over the late model supra TT brakes. The early supra TT brakes pre 1995 are the same as the soarer TT brakes, very easy to find wheels that fit over them as long as there 16".
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 09:01 pm, by: Blaine Hanson(Blaine)
In my opinion, for those of you considering the upgrade to Supra TT big brakes you should upgrade both the front and rear brake calipers to keep the ABS ratio's the same. Stock we have 2 pot front, 1 pot rear calipers. The Supra upgrade goes to 4 pot front, 2 pot rear.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 09:10 pm, by: Luke Middleton(Spook)
OK - just measured it... Looks like you'll need 40mm minimum from the disc out. My rims are 38mm offset. A few more pics to give you an idea.. In the first pic it's a little deceiving but it lines up with around 38mm
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