rob83ke70 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 Hey Anyone out there with an rt142 corona, can you tell me if the brakes are solid disc or ventilated? I was looking at an ra65r celica the other day and it seemed very very similar to the rt142 corona, and it had ventilated front discs. My thoughts were that I should get corona/celica discs, calipers, struts and modify the strut to take the ke55 spring platform and springs and strut tops, then fit them to the ke55 (the ball joint should be identical) so I have ventilated front discs. Are the steering arm holes to mount on the strut the same on a ke55 and rt142/ra65r? I would like to keep the ke steering arms. I may need coilovers and adjustable strut tops to correct the camber, or failing that it is possible to bend the stub axle a bit to correct the camber I am told. There seems to be a distinct lack of specific information out there on this particular brake conversion. There are a LOT of brake conversions out there, but none exactly the same as what I had in mind. The idea is to get ventilated front discs a little bit bigger diameter, and keep all standard toyota parts. I can have my master cylinder rebuild with a slightly bigger bore size as well to compensate for this, and the rear drums I can either put a compensator in the line, or resize the wheel cylinders etc. I will be installing a line locker as well :P Robert. Quote
KEI069 Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 All Corona's had solid front discs. I think the tie rod end holes are differnt between corolla and celica . hope this helps a little. Quote
corollaart Posted February 22, 2009 Report Posted February 22, 2009 The steering arms are different,bolt spacings few mm out :P Can use vented disc on corona struts but have to space out calipers. Been covered a lot, google xt130 to ke55 brake converstion. Could give you the link but I'm to old and stupid to no how to :P cheers rob Quote
rob83ke70 Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Posted February 22, 2009 From what I can gather, I will need struts off a celica/supra ra60 or ma61, and modify the spring mounts/stub axle angle to suit. Then I will use the standard celica/supra ventilated discs and calipers, and get the bore size increased in the master cylinder to 13/16", and THEORETICALLY all this will work... I will need to use the steering arms off the celica/supra as well, and the tie rod end should fit it? Are the steering arms the same for a corona as they are for celica/supra? how much different are they to the corolla ones in terms of length/shape? Robert Quote
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