ive got a coupe so there already discs on the front, but i have put stanza struts in my car and i would have thought you could virtually put 1200 or stanza struts straight into your sedan or ute? what is the reason for not doing this?

everyone seems to talk about using other diffs to achieve disc brakes. no one seems to mention using a ute diff (which simply require moving the mounts) and getting disc over drum rear hubs off a bluebird and putting them on the 1200 axles (requires 4 tonne bearing press). this acheives 4 wheel disc at exactly the right wheelbase so why does everyone seem to avoid it, or is this not a well known method.

yes apparently CA18 bolts straight up to L series mounts and 120y already has holes drilled for L series mounts as it came with L series in Japan so its pretty straight forward in mounting it. id buy a 120y and put one in after he told me that but then he also told me 120y's have a 70/30 weight distribution and 1200's more like 50/50 so im still dreaming of putting one in a 1200 when i get some cash flow.

I was reading over some old posts and people had asked about thermo fans. i found a really good one at a 4X4 swap meet its about twelve or fourteen inches big but is really thin compared to others i have seen (less than 10cm thick), i dont know what exactly its off but the guy had a couple of diffrent ones so id suggest checking out a couple of 4X4 wrecker yards

hey 120WHY guy my brother in law sent me this email to pass on to you "HI Dood I wanted to e-mail 120why about fitting a ca18 but cant find his address.The easy and best fix for him is to fit a stanza front end including the crossmember and the motor will drop straight in. Crossmember is a direct bolt in to a y as is the rest of the front end as y`s came out with L series motors in Japan.Use std y caster rods. Vannette diff with leaf pads replaced by y ones and moved in 25mm each side will be plenty strong enough and should just fit inside the gaurds of the wicked y.Also would suggest 2dr sedan for pure sex factor.Ifyou could forward this to him he can e-mail me for info on brakes and the like.
Tammy & Joe" if you want to email him back his email is "Joe90@free2air.com.au" but i suggest giving me a Message or email to tell me youve sent him an email and ill call him and tell him cause he doesnt check his email much
anyway good luck with your project

yes weve had the simpsons for years and years now, they play repeats 5 times a week and a new one 1 time. it still seems popular and yes we recognise your little icon dude, not that i know his name

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ill post amessage about that for you after i speak to my brother in law again (hes done the hilux 4 spots to his 1200) cause what id tell you now is just from memory a few months ago. probably be monday night before i post it.

yeah, i cant afford to buy the brand new super dooper stuff either. lol
its good fun working on the old cars and if ya stuff up it doesnt cost much to replace stuff, im always so happy when i find a way to improve my car at little cost. i spend hours chasing down parts and fitting them to my car but once im done i love the feeling of having built the car myself. problem is i always put the barstard off the road a week later to improve something else and have to catch the train to uni for the next week.

my brother in law converted to hilux calipers (same as landcruiser) these are 4-spots and require the use of U12 pintara discs which are good cause there vented, installing requires slight maching of the caliper and machining of the disc as well to make it fit, it all fits inside a 14" rim (just) and brakes real well but i really dont think its nesecary on a 750kg car. hes got virtually standard booster and master but says these dont allow him to brake fully. hes putting in a sunny booster with an urvan master cylinder, had to make his own adaptor plate to fit master to booster but is easy to do an any back yard garage

there are some diffrences between front suspnsion on a 1200 and 120y. im not sure how major but i know because i got a 120y swaybar for my car as its 2 or 3mm thicker but also when changing my struts to stanza struts i had to use 120y castor rods (thats just what i was told to do and i didnt ask questions) as they were diffrent to 1200 and fitted on the stanza strut. this i know is unclear but it makes me think there are some diffrences so maybe the same rules dont apply to both cars as far as modifying suspension and stuff.