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1. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:57:54 -0400; larger pad/piston area == better braking (when matched with corresponding change in MC size of course) Larger disk, even better. Changing from the original Spit brakes to the GT6 MK III brakes and du; /html/triumphs/2003-10/msg00008.html (7,680 bytes)
2. Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:56:26 -0400; 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 ques; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00877.html (7,595 bytes)
3. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:43:03 -0400; 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 t; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00889.html (8,658 bytes)
4. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:14:19 -0400; I guess I should have been a bit more specific in my question. There is a short pipe which connects the flex hose to the caliper on a TR6. On early cars, like mine, the caliper end of this pipe is fi; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00891.html (8,739 bytes)
5. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:13:53 -0400; My understanding is the Toyota metric thread is the same as the late TR6 metric. David Templeton '59 Triumph TR3a '74 Triumph Spitfire; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00892.html (7,462 bytes)
6. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:29:53 -0400; Phil, Are you certain that the late TR6 pipe is metric? I doubt that it is. It is my understanding of the instructions is that the reason a metric thread needs to be used is that the Toyota caliper i; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00893.html (10,230 bytes)
7. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:46:15 -0400; I am sure that it is. The TRF catalog calls out a different pipe for early and late TR6s, the early being threaded for SAE, the later being metric. This corresponds with the change from 16P and 16PB; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00894.html (8,636 bytes)
8. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:16:48 -0700; Don't forget that you'll need the "late" TR6 caliper mounting bolts. They have an imperial thread, but a metric unthreaded diameter. IMHO, you should also consider upgrading the rear wheel cylinders; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00896.html (9,129 bytes)
9. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:37:24 -0700; You are correct. Hugh Phil, Are you certain that the late TR6 pipe is metric? I doubt that it is. It is my understanding of the instructions is that the reason a metric thread needs to be used is tha; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00898.html (10,651 bytes)
10. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:47:32 -0700; Irrespective of whether the late TR6 caliper has metric hydraulic threads, the caliper-end fitting on the hard pipe is not compatable with the Toyota caliper. One must either use a longer flex hose; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00899.html (9,955 bytes)
11. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:12:00 -0400; Phil wrote back to me to say I was wrong so I looked in the TRF parts book, sure enough it say that after a certain Commission Number the caliper end is a metric thread. I stand corrected, and learne; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00900.html (9,363 bytes)
12. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:18:57 -0400; Thanks, Hugh! This is exactly what I wanted to know. --Phil; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00901.html (8,877 bytes)
13. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:43:14 -0700; Jerry, I haven't read the instructions, but I'm pretty sure Phil is right. The later calipers had both metric inlet fittings, and metric mounting holes. The pipe was changed to adapt the fitting, an; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00902.html (8,923 bytes)
14. Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:53:15 -0400; Concerning the Toyota caliper upgrade 1. Why is this a good upgrade for my TR3A? (which has been sitting for 20 years) 2. Are we talking about the front wheels only or all four? 3. I am an amatuer me; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00904.html (8,142 bytes)
15. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:18:53 EDT; It's good in that one goes from a "two-pot" caliper to a "four-pot" caliper with bigger pads for more stopping power. So good? Yes. Necessary? No. Remember that the TR3 was, in its time, a pioneer in; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00906.html (9,675 bytes)
16. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:28:45 -0700; Concerning the Toyota caliper upgrade 1. Why is this a good upgrade for my TR3A? Answer) It might be good and it might not be good. It won't be a good thing for you if you wish to keep your TR3A sto; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00909.html (9,633 bytes)
17. Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:44:10 -0500; Has anyone done a before and after test on this "upgrade"? I just don't understand the chatter on this since my stock 4A system will raise me out of the seat at a pending lock-up from 60-0. So unles; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00912.html (8,053 bytes)
18. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:57:29 -0700; Paul, I'm in the minority here, but IMO it isn't a good upgrade for a TR3A. It doesn't increase the swept area (which would improve resistance to fade), so all it does is reduce brake pedal effort.; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00920.html (9,460 bytes)
19. RE: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:04:58 -0700; Towards the end of the article at http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-conversion.html there are some before and after figures. Here's the text: All tests were performed with a newly rebuilt master cyl; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00921.html (9,232 bytes)
20. Re: Toyota caliper upgrade (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:08:49 -0400; When I did the upgrade I really had one motivation...money :-) To go with stock tr3a rotors would have costed $150cdn, calipers if I could find them and if they could be rebuilt I got an estimate of; /html/triumphs/2003-09/msg00926.html (8,187 bytes)

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