Front breaks upgrade??

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  1. 77mini

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    I have a 77 toyota pickup and need to put bigger better breakes up front.
    Does anyone have a idea what I can replace these with?
     
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    I asked a while ago and no real response.... Suprised noone has found an upgrade for these yet....
     
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    Well crap. I guess there no point of putting an LS motor in this if I can't stop it
     
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    i haven't looked into anything as i just aquired my new to me 81sr5.....but i will be looking into this in the future as my build starts to take place.....

    sorry i'm of no use at the moment....
     
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    Nothing bolts on exactly,

    I have 95 ls400 front brakes on my truck. Took a little crafting, but not too bad. Search and it'll come up. Also I've contemplated putting 13 in 94-04 mustang cobra rotors and calipers on my Toyota, but my truck can do a stop pie as is at any speed.... So yea
     
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    Yeah I knew there nothing for a Bolt on, I was more wondering what people are using for bigger breaks, and if there changing out the break master. I'm going to be putting a disk 9inch in the back or a disk 8.8, I haven't decided yet
     
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    The rears won't have hardly any effect on stopping power.
     
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    Yeah I know lol that's why I need the front to be done
     
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    cut out and put mustang subframe???
     
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    No. The ford rotors and calipers on a Toyota spindle. Mustangs have no subframe. They are unibody.
     
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    Lol! Way to crush his dreams :lol:


    I read a few treads where there using an older mustang tubular upper and lower control arms with a little fab work to run bigger breaks
     
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    They have a cradle that bolts to the frame rails witch has all the suspension components and rack and pinion bolted to it

    Its possible to box one in to your frame but you would have to make strut tower's and I don't think you would get it very low because a fox body's frame rails sit pretty high up on the fire wall in comparison to the placement of the frame rails of a Toyota truck

    Just toshing that out there. Daniel Tosh:ROFL:
     
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    What size rims you planning on using? That's a "big" factor to consider as well... I'm trying to keep the 14's for a while so hilux to start and may try to retro something for the rear later.
     
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    IFS Pinto/Mustang II front ends have been used in drag racing since the mid 70's. The swap was so popular that companies like Chassis Engineering, Jegs and summit offer/offered bolt-on and welded kits.
     
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    I'm running a 3.5x15 pro stars on the front and the back is a 10x15 pro stars.
    I might change the front to a 4x15 in the fronts if I can find the right back spacing.
     
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    Ill dig around on the enterwebs and see what I can find
     
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    This is true soon as your turn thru a hotrod magazine u should have all the answers ( visually) that you need.
     

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