AW11 mechanical makeover in a day

Steve@mr2only.com · 03-11-2007, 08:28 PM

Our Mk1 track car project gets a little mechanical TLC mk1 owners club style!
Next weekend is our 1st time out on track in the car!

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Just back in from an excellent day at Stoneleigh Restoration Show, Warwickshire, UK where our Mk1 track car project received lots of much needed mechanical TLC on the mk1 club stand, with an excellent team of professionals and enough bearding equipment to make Williams F1 pit team jealous, today we achieved:-

Rear brake pads changed
Front big brake upgrade to Celica ST185 calipers and disc with new pads
Front drop links renewed
Rear drop links renewed, angle grinder borrowed from the Triumph Dolomite OC and much perceiverence (SP?) from the mk1 club guys - thanks!!
Engine oil, oil filter, air filter, dizzy cap, rotor arm, nice Magnecor leads and new plugs.
Clutch problem diagnosed, not the slave cylinder, on closer inspection there was no fluid in the clutch reservoir, Id been looking at the brake reservoir, muppet!
Bonnet pins fitted, not as important as any of the above, but make it look like a track car [Smile]

Massive thanks to everyone in the mk1 club for the help today, learned loads about the car, even that its got a Mk1a engine, seems to be a changeover model.

On the way back to Sunny Stoke the Mk1 pulled harder, stopped a lot quicker and changed gear a lot smoother, different again!!

Pics will be updated very soon and all of todays hard work by everyone will be in Aprils MR2 Only mag.

Thanks also for the parts, BOK Motorsport, TCB Peformance Parts and JPR Motor Parts and Chris for the bargain Magnecor leads

senn · 04-19-2007, 11:57 AM

i thought fitting 'lica brake setups was fairly fiddly (from articles i've seen here etc)

How much fabrication/welding/cutting was required to fit the st185 front brakes (can the same be done for the rears?)

Steve@mr2only.com · 04-19-2007, 03:48 PM

Other than re-driling the discs for four stud, as the Celica is five, the brake set up is a bolt on replacement, and believe me is well worth doing!

Im not so sure about the rears, I suspect its not so easy, if you have a look at the latest issue of MR2 Only magazine though (issue 4) one of our guys has written an article about a Rossini rear brake disc upgrade that looks very impressive.

Steve B
MR2 Only Magazine Editor
www.mr2only.com

03-11-2007, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Steve@mr2only.com No Skills Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	AW11 mechanical makeover in a day Our Mk1 track car project gets a little mechanical TLC mk1 owners club style! Next weekend is our 1st time out on track in the car! http://www.mr2only.com/images/index16.htm Just back in from an excellent day at Stoneleigh Restoration Show, Warwickshire, UK where our Mk1 track car project received lots of much needed mechanical TLC on the mk1 club stand, with an excellent team of professionals and enough bearding equipment to make Williams F1 pit team jealous, today we achieved:- Rear brake pads changed Front big brake upgrade to Celica ST185 calipers and disc with new pads Front drop links renewed Rear drop links renewed, angle grinder borrowed from the Triumph Dolomite OC and much perceiverence (SP?) from the mk1 club guys - thanks!! Engine oil, oil filter, air filter, dizzy cap, rotor arm, nice Magnecor leads and new plugs. Clutch problem diagnosed, not the slave cylinder, on closer inspection there was no fluid in the clutch reservoir, Id been looking at the brake reservoir, muppet! Bonnet pins fitted, not as important as any of the above, but make it look like a track car [Smile] Massive thanks to everyone in the mk1 club for the help today, learned loads about the car, even that its got a Mk1a engine, seems to be a changeover model. On the way back to Sunny Stoke the Mk1 pulled harder, stopped a lot quicker and changed gear a lot smoother, different again!! Pics will be updated very soon and all of todays hard work by everyone will be in Aprils MR2 Only mag. Thanks also for the parts, BOK Motorsport, TCB Peformance Parts and JPR Motor Parts and Chris for the bargain Magnecor leads

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04-19-2007, 11:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
senn AW11 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 96 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	i thought fitting 'lica brake setups was fairly fiddly (from articles i've seen here etc) How much fabrication/welding/cutting was required to fit the st185 front brakes (can the same be done for the rears?)

04-19-2007, 03:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Steve@mr2only.com No Skills Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Staffordshire, UK Posts: 65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	Other than re-driling the discs for four stud, as the Celica is five, the brake set up is a bolt on replacement, and believe me is well worth doing! Im not so sure about the rears, I suspect its not so easy, if you have a look at the latest issue of MR2 Only magazine though (issue 4) one of our guys has written an article about a Rossini rear brake disc upgrade that looks very impressive. Steve B MR2 Only Magazine Editor www.mr2only.com