 Question for the engineers: Does the mount, position of the front calipers matter??? |
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| john rogers |
 Sep 14 2005, 09:47 PM
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Some cars have them in front of the strut and some have them behind the strut. Does it make any difference in braking ability? Other considerations?
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Sep 15 2005, 02:34 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,185 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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Ferrari's F1 car has calipers on the bottom for this purpose. Spoke |
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john rogers Question for the engineers: Does the mount Sep 14 2005, 09:47 PM
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Crazyhippy I like to think in terms of fail-safe ability. If ... Sep 15 2005, 04:06 PM |
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