help and ideas for strut/brake conversion for celica ta23

[lakaid14]

Hi there,

i am engineering brake caliper brackets to mount the RX7 fc 4 piston calipers and i wil be using nissan S13 brake discs, wonderfull fit D. The calipers will be milled out of solid steel. i am a little afraid to use aluminium because this is my last resort before death haha. Somewere i found a dwg drawing here on the forum and i am converting it to a solid model with logic dimensions that i can alter to fit the caliper to every diameter disc, i can even rotate the final position of the caliper in my model

i want to modify my strut and i have to buy a second set. Would the RA40 celica struts fit or would this be a no go. And i have read something about shortened shocks when i want to change to adjustable coilovers but wich shocks are recomended. I want to buy the DIY set of T3 better known as techno toy tuning

the second reason i want a little stronger struts is that i bought a 1gfe engine and 6speed gearbox for a laughing 200 euro's hahaha engine ran 100000k LOL
actually i bought a complete lexus IS200 but without the body/shell.

This becomes the new driveline in my TA23 celica so i have to modify my brakes a little. But i don't know if i have to use stronger axlespindles. AE86 is not an option here in Europe (even more rare than a 1/2JZ engine weird enough), but i found a set of an RA40. Would these fit or should i stick with the original ones?

[o_man_ra23]

RA40 struts fit the TA23 perfectly

[lakaid14]

That is good to know, are there any significant differences between the two of them? or is it not worth converting? I know that i have more choice in performance parts when i would use the ta40 ones. for example shock absorbers. otherwise i stick to the original ones en i can exhange them when modifying and test every improvement.

I want to convert them to adjustable coilover, with the DIY kit from T3. And then i would have to use different shock absorers, but i dont know which is should use

[o_man_ra23]

Not sure about TA40 struts, but RA23, 28 and 40 struts are identical and have larger spindles and bearings than the TA23 items.

[lakaid14]

"They" told me TA40 struts only have larger diameter shocks, spindles are the same. But here everybody that has done a wicked engine mod used the stock struts and never had any problems OR changed to AE86 or supra. So i will start using the stock ones because I dont want to mess to much with the steering geometry. I have read enough about worse handling when changing struts, LCA, and steering parts. I figured out nobody has the "wonder setup" and many people change back to stock and handling improved....

[masterofsinanju]

I can confirm what Owen said about the spindle size and the guys at T3 helped me confirm the correct coilover kit for my 23. They also helped with choosing a strut insert to match. I'm also running FC calipers but over MPV discs on a standard 23/28/40 strut. Had to machine the hub diameter a little (155mm from memory) to fit the disc though.

[Hen]

If you use Solidworks I can most likely send you a solid model of these adaptors. Will just have to have a dig through the archives. Let me know an email address if it'd save you some work.

[fixeruperer]

i would really like that model of the adapters if you can. when ever.
are the MPV disk's 280mm or bigger ?

cheers.

[masterofsinanju]

I'll run calipers over them tomorrow but I think yes.

[fixeruperer]

thanx heaps man, or just let us know what model mpv they are off and ill search it.
i searched for mvp disks a while ago and got a few listings.

cheers !