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Re: Brake design question - Ray? Anyone?
On Tue, 30 May 2006 05:27:27 -0700, Mark wrote:
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> With a 4-wheel disc brake configuration, is the braking force (and
> wear) distributed more evenly front-to-back than the use of discs in
> the front and drum brakes in the rear? It may be my imagination, but I
> think the rotors used on my Scion (all disc brakes) are smaller in the
> front than those of my Matrix (disc/drum combination), even though the
> weight of the cars is comparable, and I was wondering if the rear
> brakes are intended to take more of the load.[/color]
Well, in general, most of the braking is done by the front.
In this case, I would look at the calipers. I'd be willing to bey, with a
smaller disk area that the fronts are dual piston calipers, while the
rears are single piston.
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