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    i am wondering what is the different between RA60 fr struts and MA61 Fr struts?

    thanks

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    Unfortuately I dont really know, ra60 fronts have vented discs and are much bigger than ae86 fronts...
    I have a front set or ra60's with discs and pads for sale if your interested.
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    I know ma61 brakes look almost identical to jdm 86 items, but they arnt, part number is 2204 on the supra calipers, 2202 on the jdm items..

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    as for the brakes side they are identical, the strut however is different. The RA60 strut is made for a narrower tract and therfore has a smaller angle between the strut tube and the axle, IE: puting ra60 struts on a ma61 with 0 camber makes it have some negative camber. Hope that makes sense. Thats not to say it's compatable with an ae86 though.

    ae71: if I am not mistaken the JDM ones are 230mm (tiny if you ask me) and the Xa-6X ones are 256mm, as for width I dont know.



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    jdm 234mm and 18mm thick vented

    enough for a NA 4age worked 20v whatever

    or turbro 4ac lol

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    that probaly true, just when I was working on my the car I'm sponcering I noticed they looked simerla and I also noted the part numbers

    lawson- I hope they are enough, this it the expensive route I'm going...
    edit* enough for a and/a 4ac? with over 80hp??

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    I don't think their enough, I managed to get my ma61 brakes pretty hot the other day and I only have an atmo 20V, but then again I am hard on all mechanical things
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    well I was suprised on how well my brakes heald up at the trackday I went to resently.

    I have stock ke/ae71 brakes with froddo zero pads, after 7-8 hard laps I still had the same amount of stopping power as the 2-3lap.. they where fairly hot though. I almost bunt myself on the rims when I cam into the pits.. I'm not sure why I had brakes with them being so hot, this has changed my opinion of froddo. maybe they arnt 'that' bad after all. they don't have a lot of bite, need fairly hard braking to get them working but they resist fade well for a el'cheapo pads, don't queal or cause much brake dust either.

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