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    Default Brake upgrade for '00 Camry V6

    Hi everyone. My first post.. Here goes - I have a MCV20R Camry V6 manual. I have done 3 track days in it this year, and have cooked 3 sets of front pads ( Bendix HD, then custom made QFM A1RMs, now a set of imported EBC Greenstuff ).
    I'm trying to get more cooling air onto the front brakes, but at the end of the day the calipers and pads are tiny and get hot real quick. I was looking at fitting later model Camry calipers and so far I think the next model V6 MCV36R calipers may go straight on ( rotor part numbers are the same and front suspension design is the same so heres hoping..), and have a larger pad, which i'm guessing would mean larger caliper and piston too.
    It also opens up new pad material possibilities.
    Anyone ever done this ?
    Other mods to the car are- Clutch Industries RPM clutch, custom " Y pipe " ( a work of art ) and chambered rear muffler ( sounds like a air cooled 911 when you get up it ! ), cold air intake, modified drivers seat, Pedders springs with GT gas shocks, and a great Heasman Steering wheel alignment. Oh and 215 55 16 Continentals for the road and RE11S semi slicks for the track..

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    Default Re: Brake upgrade for '00 Camry V6

    UPDATE- forgetting about brake caliper upgrades, found that Project MU do a pad for my car, will order a set of Project MU HC+ pads soon and have them bedded in by its first track day ( most probably at Wakefield Pk ) early 2014. This along with some Penrite RBF and decent brake ducts and I should be ok.
    And tomorrow morning i'm off to Heasman Steering for offset castor bushes and a new alignment, maintaing around 2mm toe out, 2 deg neg camber and going for as mush pos castor as they can manage. At the same time they are fitting a 20mm rear bar.
    Cant wait to go and embarass many more expensive high performance cars at Wakefield and SMP ;-)

    UPDATE PART 2- rear bar done and castor bushes fitted. Heasmans cranked on as much positive castor as they could. Feels like a new car to drive now. Almost a hot hatch with a big boot. Even in wet conditions the rear end is more planted than before, which I thought was weird as adding a rear bar usually makes a car a bit tail happy. Handling is now neutral, and with my semi slicks on I will be hounding WRXs, through the twisty bits anyway.....
    Project MU pads should be fitted and bedded enough for its first 2014 track day in Febuary.
    Last edited by Captain Camry; 25-11-2013 at 02:23 PM.

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