ae86 vs. te72 front strut tubes

[SD Yota]

is there any difference between the caliper mounting tabs, the spindle, or hub specs from either one of these? what im asking is if i got brake rotors and calipers from an ae86 setup, would they bolt in place and align properly on a te72 strut tube and hub assembly?? has anyone attempted this?

[nicistheshit]

yeah man pretty sure they are exactly the same,
only difference, is the top mount for the struts have different bolt patterns, i think the 86 has the same as the 82-83's and for the 80-81 its a little smaller in diameter.but thats about all i think...

[oldeskewltoy]

is there any difference between the caliper mounting tabs, the spindle, or hub specs from either one of these? what im asking is if i got brake rotors and calipers from an ae86 setup, would they bolt in place and align properly on a te72 strut tube and hub assembly?? has anyone attempted this?

Yes - The AE86 strut tubes have a wholey different brake mounting then the AE71, or TE72. The E7 cars use a solid rotor, where as the AE86 uses a vented rotor. The backing plate that all the brake components fit to are different and so the CAN'T be swapped, without swapping the strut tubes as well. They can be fitted *IF* you weld up the original AE86 backing plate holes, and redrill the backing plate to fit the AE71 strut tube

The problem with swapping the strut tubes is the AE86 and the AE71 cars have one thing in common... and one thing VERY different. The front lower cross member on an AE71 and an AE86 are NEARLY identical with one measurement being 1mm different. The very different thing is the location of the strut mounts, the AE86 has LESS room(12mm less room) than an AE71. This means the strut tubes for the AE86 have more rake to them(they lean in more then AE71 strut tubes) SOOOO... when fitting AE86 strut tubes to an E7... you automatically get positive camber wheels look like this... \ /

There are 2 different ways of correcting the positive camber, one is by using adjustable camber plates, the other by replacing the lower control arms with either arms that are 6mm longer, OR getting adjustable lower control arms.

[SD Yota]

wow... there are just enough little differences to matter. the top hats i knew about but not the rest. im still new to the corolla scene... im looking to do a short stroke setup but was also looking into the ae86 brake swap. since the cars are rare to find, much less the darn struts themselves, i was wondering if i just bought new rotors, calipers, and hardware if they'd cross over to the te tubes.

given the info and the nature of my driving habits with the car, i think ill just refresh my stock brakes and do the short stroke setup on these tubes instead. thanks for all the info guys!

[warren]

So you are just saying the ae86 have wider strut towers? so the spindle has more camber built in to it?

[oldeskewltoy]

So you are just saying the ae86 have wider (narrower) strut towers? so the spindle has more camber built in to it?

Look for yourself... B to b


AE86 \/. B-b = 890




AE71 \/. B-b = 902