WICKED SC4

I would go for EBC redstuff for your car since your car is heavier... Try upgrading to a grooved or dimpled rotor just not cross drilled. (they crack!) A good one is Procast rotors from the brake man, they are also cryo treated so you can actually use these on a track with no problems. They make the best rotors in the world, the patented Hurricane rotor, check them out give em a call. They also have good pads and the best brake fluid you can buy.

http://thebrakeman.com/

Here is a site with all the part #'s you need to do the swap. (shims, ect, ect)The site also has the Supra TT Calipers with upgraded rotors performance compared to supercars. They have pictures how to do the swap step by step.

Just only the Supra TT front calipers with mintex slotted rotors in stock size have 1,750 Brake Horsepower!!!! If you upgrade the Supra rotors with a aftermarket floating 14" rotor that figure can go well over 2000BHP!!!. NO OTHER brake kit in the world can do that with a 4 PISTON CALIPER!! Only exception being maybe the brake man.

http://planetsoarer.com/suprabrakesI...akeUpgrade.htm

WICKED SC4

How much is the LS setup? the Supra is $115/ea

RikTT

iTrader: (2)

i have the tt's setup at all four corners w/ stock booster and valve. Weight is way different though i had the tt wheels b4 brake upgrade.TT wheels or high disk wheels needed for tt's.Can get away with 17 's on ls.TT bolts right up w/ dust sheild removal or trimmed edge as i did.The thing STOPS> really.Barely no fading and im on stock used pads/rotors from my mk4.Can brake very late into turns and feel a lil better with better brakes for "highway runs"

WICKED SC4

I would not want to chance it going with the LS400 brakes. That car wasn't really designed to go at rediclous speeds and panic stop multiple times like the Supra's system was. I would trust the Supra brakes at speed more than the LS.

The other day, I was doing 160+mph in the SC400 (I don't ever do that usually) and I have the stockers and it was a bit scary coming down from that speed. Of course compared to the Singled Supra at 180mph. The Supra feels secure at any speed, you feel like you can mash on it @180mph and it will stop. I didn't have any condfidence in the SC's brakes, I pressed on them at 160mph they almost immediately faded and heated up to their limit~ and I was still doing 140. I have aftermarket pads too.

I'm going Supra calipers with aftermarket 14" rotors even if I have to make the caliper hanger in a CNC shop myself. I don't ever want to play around with death like that again if I don't have to. Brakes are cheap insurance for me. Better to spend extra $100 and get Supra spec than hoping and praying the LS brakes will hold. My $0.02

RedPhoenix

iTrader: (10)

Of course you did it on the track right haha

I know what you mean. 140mph and the SC stock brakes literally laughed at me.

WICKED SC4

Actually, I was at the track- you'd never guess where. Las Vegas Super Speedway! I got to drive on the banking and the tri oval, I was doing 110 in the banked corners on the banking and ~160-162 on the straight. Kinda scary the first time coming down from 160 and the car doesn't stop. When I looked at the brake rotors after I did this, they were mirrors with blue spots on them. That is probably what wore my tires down so much- 30 laps of that speed on the banking, can't be good on the tires. These were brand new! I also noticed going right(reverse direction) the rearview mirror is exactly in the way of where the car is going, you cannot see without stooping waaay down or over, and going left you are looking out the side window to see where you are going.

Man that banking is really banked. It feels like 55-60 degrees. You can really feel the G forces push you way down in the bottom of your seat. I had to use engine braking after the first lap to get down from speed, if you do it slowly you wont upset the car and not need the crappy brakes. Time for upgrade!

1SicLex

my friend had a ls400 brake on his sc300, i sat in it and we tested the brakes, then a few weeks later he changed to supra tt, again i sat in there and couldnt feel the difference going from 0-60 then a full stop.

WICKED SC4

You wouldn't feel any difference from 60 because that isn't where the difference is. Part of the reason is a "street" tire cannot put all the stopping power from a Supra Brake to the ground until 100+ mph, the LS brakes would be the same. They both are more powerful than a street tire under 100 mph. The difference would be at a road course or highway pull at triple digit speeds, where the fade resistance and brake horsepower could be shown. Most drivers wouldn't have the ***** to be able to even get the brakes to the limit, so I wouldn't be suprised at all that it felt no different back to back from your friend's SC.

"Your brakes no matter how good they are are only as good as the tires on the car."

sxylxy

"Brake horsepower?!" Where do you guys get this stuff... lol

Durrr

There's brake horsepower stat. Look up where the supra sits in terms of brake horsepower, its in the top 4 for the 94 model year (beat by a ferarri, porsche and another exotic).

I picked up everything for all 4 corners for about 600 bucks for Supra TT setup. Just be patient in looking for parts.

pads, fluid, SS lines, calipers, rotors, speed bleeders.

FormosaSC

do they usually check? i wanna do this

sxylxy

The LS brakes are great on my car, the weak link is the master cylinder, brakes feel mushy even with steel lines, but when it finally catches it DEF catches!

kyoso23

"Brake Horse Power" is a "Horse Power" measurement @ the crank, yo. It's a measurement of the engine without drivetrain/accessory loss. lol

WICKED SC4

Actually you can measure a bicycle's horepower at the wheel. It is not a measurement only tied to a car. Heck your lawnmower is rated in Brake horsepower. (5 BHP) Horsepower is an certain amount of work done over a period of time, you could measure your arm muscle in horsepower. It is just a measurement of work over time.

Yes the brakes have a horsepower rating. Its very high for the Supra's. Actually "brake" horsepower means that the amount of work the engine or brake or whatever will stop (x) amount of load over a period of time. WHP usually reffers to chassis dyno horsepower after drivetrain losses, Crank or flywheel HP reffers to the horsepower of the engine with nothing attached to it.

Rule of thumb: Have more "brake caliper" horsepower than "Engine" hp!

BLovesc

I know autozone gets remanned ones for cheap but smetimes they cant get both sides haha it happened to my friend