Restomod Racing

I stand corrected.  I had mentioned earlier that the ABS Actuator was not releasing on the 89 Supra.  I stated

that there was a recall on the Supra’s because of the brake problem.  As it turns out, the recall is for a later model Supra.  This means no discount!  The 89 Supra’s front passenger (front right) brake will not release.  In order to release the pressure,  I had to open the brake line and let out some of the fluid.  Well, Shane kept driving it until there was no brake pad and hardly any rotor left.  So we decided to by pass the ABS Actuator  and go to a non abs setup.  We left everything intact so that we could easily bolt everything back.  I fabricated some brake lines and bent them in such a way that everything lined up with the stock ABS Actuator input and output.

I used (3) 3/16″ inch metal brake lines.  Two measured 8″ and one was 12″.  We used (2) 3/16″ Tees and (3) 3/16″ couplings.  In order to get the 3/16″ Tees and couplings to work with the metric lines, we tapped them with a 10mm x 1.0 tap.

It would be advisable and much easier to use a metric line, coupling and Tees, but we couldn’t find them locally and Shane wanted to drive his car now.

Shane said he really likes how the brakes feel now.  It is much better than the ABS and he said he feels like the brakes respond to him.  It is obvious that ABS is a better way to go but he could not afford the $1800.00 price tag for a new ABS Actuator from Toyota or $800.00 for a rebuilt unit from a local parts store.  The main thing is we set it up so we can easily go back to ABS when he can afford to replace the ABS Actuator.