Ra40 Celica Lca

[stable20]

today i purchased a pair of ra40 celica lcas in very good condition and bolted them straight into my ke70, now my car is going down for a wheel alignment is there anything fancy i should get them to do?

 

AND another thing.

 

i would like a few peoples opinions on the

strut and brake upgrade options for ke70's.

I HAVE researched this a lot, i am just wanting opinions and a rating of the break setup.

 

thanks jamie.

Edited March 25, 2011 by stable20

[LittleRedSpirit]

today i purchased a pair of ra40 celica lcas in very good condition and bolted them straight into my ke70, now my car is going down for a wheel alignment is there anything fancy i should get them to do?

 

AND another thing.

 

i would like a few peoples opinions on the

strut and brake upgrade options for ke70's.

I HAVE researched this a lot, i am just wanting opinions and a rating of the break setup.

 

thanks jamie.

 

 

Stock Brakes, shitty.

AE86 Stock Brakes, better than stock ke70, still kinda shitty unless you freshen them up. Not a big upgrade, still single piston and thin unvented rotors.

JDM AE86 stock brakes, better than the above due to venting but otherwise the same.

FC RX7 - Work well, can get to fit under 14s, expect to go swapping master cylinders to make it function. Your brakes will stick ouy past the mounting face on the rim, and this will affect the fitment of wheels since you will require spoke clearance, no mk3 ssr or the like will fit. You may need to redrill and machine rotors to fit these too. Its a bit of a pain when rotors need replacing.

TTT Wilwood - 11 inch rotor, fits under 15s, ultra light weight calipers, awesome rotors that are also lightweight. Bolt on kit, no swapping out the master cylinder. Awesome performance mod.

Racebrakes - Same as above but a bigger rotor (the TTT kit is technically a racebrakes kit anyhow, just the smaller one).

Group 4 Fabrications - Have 13 and 15 inch rotor packages available with AP calipers. Pretty exxy, close to $2000 pounds sterling. Unsure of quality or hydraulic implications due to having never used them.

K sport kits - made of play dough and shiny bottle tops. Not up for stopping a tricycle, let alone a car.

Greddy 6 piston kit - Looks awesome, never tried it.

[stable20]

Stock Brakes, shitty.

AE86 Stock Brakes, better than stock ke70, still kinda shitty unless you freshen them up. Not a big upgrade, still single piston and thin unvented rotors.

JDM AE86 stock brakes, better than the above due to venting but otherwise the same.

FC RX7 - Work well, can get to fit under 14s, expect to go swapping master cylinders to make it function. Your brakes will stick ouy past the mounting face on the rim, and this will affect the fitment of wheels since you will require spoke clearance, no mk3 ssr or the like will fit. You may need to redrill and machine rotors to fit these too. Its a bit of a pain when rotors need replacing.

TTT Wilwood - 11 inch rotor, fits under 15s, ultra light weight calipers, awesome rotors that are also lightweight. Bolt on kit, no swapping out the master cylinder. Awesome performance mod.

Racebrakes - Same as above but a bigger rotor (the TTT kit is technically a racebrakes kit anyhow, just the smaller one).

Group 4 Fabrications - Have 13 and 15 inch rotor packages available with AP calipers. Pretty exxy, close to $2000 pounds sterling. Unsure of quality or hydraulic implications due to having never used them.

K sport kits - made of play dough and shiny bottle tops. Not up for stopping a tricycle, let alone a car.

Greddy 6 piston kit - Looks awesome, never tried it.

 

thanks littleredspirit.

 

I'm going to look into the rx7 brake upgrade a bit more. and find out exactly what parts, mods, and work to be done / braught.