There is a neat conversion to the 4 pot calipers on early 80s Toyota
pickups. Bolts right on, you just need to make some new brake lines.
I don't know the details, but there was an article in a recent VTR
magazine or something alone those lines. It's been discussed before on
the list, check the archives.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Shane Ingate <madmax_xx@hotmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Has anyone done any significant brake upgrades on their TR6 (or
> 4/250)?
> Significant here means the use of large, ventilated rotors,
> 4- or 6-pot calipers, and rear-wheel disks. I already run
> Porterfield R4
> pads and Motul 600 brake fluid, but find the brakes tend to run soft
> after a
> 20-minute session.
>
> The brake upgrades (of drilled rotors) offered by the Big 3 do not
> excite
> me. I am prepared to perform any necessary mechanical surgery to fit
> big
> Brembos, Baer or Willwoods, etc.
>
> If this subject has been beaten to death on the list, I would be most
>
> grateful for any help/anecdotes off-list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane Ingate
> '74 CF25186UO
>
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