Phil,
When I did this modification, I changed the flex hoses to match and it was
the worst thing I could have done. Very expensive change when it was not
required. In retrospect, I should have done what the article suggested for
the TR6 and make a small steel line that had the male metric and the female
imperial and simply fabricate a bracket as seen in figure 3 of the article.
This would allow the normal TR3a to work and could be bent and mounted to
suit the application. Oh well, hind sight is 20/20 :)
David Templeton
'59 Triumph TR3a
'74 Triumph Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Philip E. Barnes
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:56 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Toyota caliper upgrade
I was reading the description for installing Toyota calipers on TR4->6. The
whole thing seems very simple, so I'm putting it on my winter project list.
I'm all in favor of better brakes. The one question I have regards the
piping. I'm assuming the Toyota caliper has metric threads. Since I have an
early car with "imperial" threads, I'll need to change out the short pipe
which runs from the flex line to the caliper. Is there any other piping
which needs to be changed?
I'd be keen to hear from anyone who has done this modification and what
they thought of the results.
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
'71 TR6 CC61193L (26 year owner)
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