BRAKE UPGRADE ON 1970 CORONA

[sanchez]

HEY ALL, JUST AFTER A BIT OF FRIENDLY ADVICE ON THE FOLLOWING.
I'v got a 1970 4 door corona with a 4age, the brake booster had to be removed to allow the for the fuel injection, the brakes are consiquently absolute poo. Any suggestions as to how to remedy the problem? any help be greatly appreciated.

[Ae92typeX]

maybe try sourcing some m/s from an old skool six or eight which does not have power assistance, however this could be pretty hard to do. What about modifying the origional setup so the booster is inside the cabin?. Could be done with some custom work, all depends how much you can do thou

[quinny]

HEY ALL, JUST AFTER A BIT OF FRIENDLY ADVICE ON THE FOLLOWING.
I'v got a 1970 4 door corona with a 4age, the brake booster had to be removed to allow the for the fuel injection, the brakes are consiquently absolute poo. Any suggestions as to how to remedy the problem? any help be greatly appreciated.

run a remote (separate booster) , you can mount it on the exhaust side where there is plenty of room, these came out of some old vals etc but the easiest to find and cost is off a hillman hunter, they run independant of the master cylinder and on the hillmans are bolted to the firewall on the L/H side as well, exactly what you need to do, when you find a hunter note a plumbing diagram so the lines are going where they should be. any hunter between 1969-78 should have a remote booster. should sort your problem out bro

[Logan]

Ive been researching this one for a while now, and so far Ive come up with no easy solutions. It really suxs actually, the best solution so far is metal king pads (which are still available) and like mentioned before a remote booster. The Diff is easy as it is usually a t-series diff, the disk brake diff from a te71/ae86 is a good conversion with only simple 2 link, it is easy to get the mounts swapped over.

For the front, it looks like a 5 stud conversion to crown brakes may work, which have HUGE vented dsics, other wise Ive tried to mix and match parts from every different corona celica crown, and no luck so far. Im currently looking into trying to something that whill bolt on with a custom bearing (well selected from the catalgoue).. If I find anything of interest will post it...

Also on a srpings note, It looks like v8 torona srpings mite be the perfect spring for the front...

Logan

[sanchez]

cheers boys, all ideas have been taken on board and will let you know what i come up with.