Big Brakes and 7th gens, We got big news! The party boat is here! Options

[SpedToe169]

I was at Toyota Heaven (local toyota only salvage) the other day and discovered something interesting.......

Toyota Heaven happened to have a 2001 Celica GT in their yard. For the hell of it I did some snooping around and comparing. My first thought was that maybe we could use their spindles so that we could get their brakes but alas, no dice there. The closer I looked the more amazed I was....the caliper mountings are exactly the same. 7th gen brakes will interchange with the 6th gen perfectly. All 2001+ celicas came with 10.8" vented rotors. A decent junkyard upgrade for us! I'll be ordering some reman calipers and slotted rotors soon.

Whats even more exciting is that the above means that any 7th gen big brake kit will work on the 6th gen. This includes the Brembo GT system and several others. So there you have it. Mod away.

[madmods]

I dont understand what you mean by "your using the 7th gen mount" Are you talking about the torque plate the caliper mounts on? So let me know if I got this right,
(1) The 7th gen torque plate mounts to the 6th gen brake assy
(2) The 7th gen calipers mount to the 7th gen torque plates
(3) the 7th gen rotor mounts right in to the hub

My problem with the set-up, and Im trying to be a a-hole and honestly I have not been able to take a personal look st the brakes yet due to time restraints and fixing a bunch of window/electrical problems with this celica I just bought(I love it though). But back to the subject the 6th gen has smaller rotors, so the 6th gen caliper is mounted down closer to the rotor. If you put a bigger rotor(7th gen) your going to hit the 6th gen caliper. Now i dont know if the 7th gen caliper has the necessary room built into it or a different torque plate. I personally would like to do this swap because Im a typically late and hard braker. So do I got it right yet...please help if I dont!