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Drilling and slotting brake rotors is really a fools game in this day and age. At a time when brake pads off-gassed, holes through the rotor were a way to ensure proper contact. Back when brake pads glazed due to high heat, slots would scrape the glazing and restore a proper friction surface.

Now neither are necessary, courtesy of modern pad formulations which prevent off-gassing, and track/race pads which do not glaze at high heat.

On the other hand, drilling holes or cutting slots in the rotor weakens the metal's crystalline structure. Porsche casts its rotors with holes, to avoid compromising the rotor's integrity and help prevent cracking. Reducing the surface area of the rotor reduces the ability to transfer heat from pad/caliper to rotor. Reducing the rotor's mass means it can absorb (and therefore dissipate) less heat. Since the entire point of the braking system is to transform kinetic energy into thermal energy and disperse that energy into the air, that means less braking capability overall.

Really good thread on the issue: http://www.celicatech.com/forums/showthrea...ors-quot-Thread

every other fri night there is a toy meet in Alhambra (near the end of the 710) some old school corollas and some nice ISxxx's sometimes

Buy a 7th gen short shifter, I have it in my car and so do a lot of other members here, works perfectly fine.

Are you tail lights a different color than red already? Projectors are about 700-900$ a set, and are usually on ebay. Red blinkers, are illegal.

You guys need to read this:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=28825

As for the mr2 engine/harness... you are going to make your swap harder by going with these. The wiring harness will be completely different and need to be sent out to someone to be rewired. Also there are alot of small differences in the placement of things like the alternator that will make your swap difficult.

Your best bet for success is to start out with a GT car, and use an st205 3sgte. This will be the easiest swap, with the least wiring and headaches.

Best match to your request is the Japan spec projector headlights and kouki facelift taillights. Both OEM BTW.

id say intake its the simplest wont add much power but id say buy a cheap intake off eBay than buy a better filter such as a fujita
than find some headers on ebay than go to an exhaust shop and have the pipping all done up from the header back..IE: great extra power but will cost around 250-300