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| Subject: | Re: Q: new shocks/struts - when? |
| Poster: | Ray O |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:42:51 -0500 |
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"Hachiroku ????" wrote in message
news:BqCLh.8489$el3.5311@trndny01...
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:46:14 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>
>>
>> "Hachiroku ????" wrote in message
>> news:G2yLh.10186$Hb2.1831@trndny02...
>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:23:58 -0500, Ray O wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Hachiroku ????" wrote in message
>>>> news:KOnLh.8262$el3.3642@trndny01...
>>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:31:19 +0000, Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the '93 Previa and '97 Avalon factory service manuals, the
>>>>>>> suspension height is in the Steering and Axle section as an
>>>>>>> alignment specification.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have the Previa service manual, or is this just top of the
>>>>>> head info?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's the deal: supposedly, one of the Previas came with dual-piston
>>>>>> calipers, and they will bolt right on to an '88 Supra...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmmmm....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Previa AWD w/ABS-Dual Piston Caliper...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmmmmm....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The info is not off the top of my head - my memory isn't that good! The
>>>> '93 Previa Factory Service Manual lists 2 types of front calipers but
>>>> it doesn't list application, i.e. whether it is on the AWD with ABS or
>>>> not. The AD45T type front caliper does have dual pistons but it is not
>>>> a full floating caliper - both pistons are on the same side instead of
>>>> one large piston.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yup! That's the one. From what I have read it bolts right onto the
>>> bracket on an '88 Supra, no modification required.
>>>
>>> Part of me wants to do this, and another part of me says "the brakes on
>>> the thing now could send stuff flying around the cockpit no problem!"
>>>
>> I'd leave it alone ;-)
>
>
> Remember...this is ME you're talking to! ;)
The reason I'd leave it is alone is that I doubt if the Previa brakes would
be any more effective than what is on the Supra now.
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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