[Supras] MKIV front brake conversion on eBay

[Walker, Brian1 (Rich. Dist)]

Thanks for clarifying Jim, I hadn't heard of anyone trying the whole
knuckle. I wonder if the camber is way off on the neg. or pos. side? Either
way if the caster is too far off I wouldn't want to use it.
Brian W 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jobe [mailto:jjobe2 at supratech.org] 
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:03 AM
To: Walker, Brian1 (Rich. Dist)
Cc: 'supras at supras.com'; 'myblinkie1 at bellsouth.net'
Subject: Re: [Supras] MKIV front brake conversion on eBay


It is WELL known that the mk4 knuckles on the mk3 will throw caster and
camber out so much it cannot be adjusted back in to spec.
I also seem to recall it placed the wheel off center in the wheel well
(probably why caster is off).

On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 08:45:55AM -0500, Walker, Brian1 (Rich. Dist) wrote:
> Where are the dust shields? I'd like to hear more on this, it makes 
> sense the upper/lower ball joints would fit since I've been told 
> Toyota uses a proprietary taper so I'd assume it's the same for most 
> of their applications but how different is the geometry? I wonder if 
> you'd be able to get the alignment to an acceptable range with the 
> different knuckle? They also look a far amount smaller than the 
> stockers so they're probably a bit lighter but I don't know why the 
> tie rod ends wouldn't work (maybe different angle on the mk4?)
> 
> Those pads alone sell for over $200 but I can't imagine ever setting 
> all that up to where it works and not using it. It's a great 
> alternative if you could get it to work without binding and get the
alignment dialed in.
> Just my $.02.
> Brian W-88T
> 
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> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:55:44 -0500
> From: "Ken" <myblinkie1 at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Supras] MKIV front brake conversion on eBay
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> Apparently it is possible to do this swap of the whole hub & caliper? 
> I can 't imagine it would be too easy considering he mentions having 
> to alter the length of the tie rods...
> 
> Any input?
> 
> Ken
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