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I have found a post on this where someone fabricated brackets for the front calipers but is an old post and the pictures are not available to view. Wondered if anyone has done this conversion recently and found a way to bolt the front calipers on without having to make new brackets. I also have the lexus 400 front discs which will bolt on.(who are few and far between) have had custom brackets made by machine shops. Well, you can, but you'd have to have a standalone handbrake caliper as well.- the only club to win 'Best Club Stand' at JAE more than once, and twice in a row! It sounded like a lot of work and a considerable time tinkering till he was happy with it. One day when I pull my finger out I will get the Porsche calipers fitted to mine which is a fairly simple bracket for the front. The rear incorporating a separate handbrake caliper, not so. Was hoping to get them on to match the st 205 wrc engine i have in the Mk 2. The porche calipers sound good though.
^^^Having had both cars, brakes stock and aftermarket. Save yourself allot of grief -stick to stock discs and go Carbotech pads. I just wonder at the end of the day whether the extra parts swapping etc balances out the cost. It can't be far off but the Carbotechs on stock discs are IMMENSE. Much better than other cars I've jumped into.[/quote]buddle wrote:Hi guys i have a set of front and rear calipers off my friends st 205 celica and have been wanting to upgrade my brakes on my mk 2.
bobhatton wrote:
Stay with stock brakes and the best pads.
You are never going to get a good balance just changing calipers without all the testing that toyota do in the first place.
Remember this is a mid engine car and the rear brakes do far more than a front engine car
18 years of driving, dozens of different cars from different marques owned that are a similar age to the MR2 and not one single brake seizing issue. MR2s owned for 12 years and lost count the amount of seized calipers possibly 10+. I've replaced with new, replaced with refurbished and they still seize after a few years. Sometimes it's the sliders, sometimes pistons, sometimes the handbrake mechanism failing they are just a poor poor design. Yes they may work well when fully serviceable but for a road car stripping/cleaning/replacing seals and sliders every year or so is silly. If the bias is out it can be remedied very simply. If you adjust brake bias, so as to even or approximately even the forces, are you evening the forces out at 125 units each? I imagine the caliper on the rear can't get stronger, so really you're just weakening the front unit to closer to our hypothetical 100 units of force so as to bring it inline with the rears. I have in the last 2 years had to rebuild my Audi S4 brakes and Mitsubishi Delica brakes. Both are twin piston sliding calipers like the MR2 and both suffer just like the MR2. does this get all the crud in it? I am doing it purely for pose value so will be using regular motor factor pads but I am guessing this setup wont effect balance?