back 4 piston calipers

ResIpsa · 07-18-2011, 11:04 AM

Be very careful when messing around with the rear brakes. If you were able to mount the front calipers on the rear of your Z it would become a death trap.

There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car.

Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts.

UNKNOWN_370 · 07-18-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Be very careful when messing around with the rear brakes. If you were able to mount the front calipers on the rear of your Z it would become a death trap.

There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car.

Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts.

This is true... that would make one for you tube. Lol.

Da.Menace · 07-18-2011, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ResIpsa

There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car.

Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts.

Which is why I'm only looking for identical calipers matching the Rear BBK produced by Brembo.

07-18-2011, 11:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
ResIpsa Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 564 Drives: 09 RACING HEN Rep Power: 338	Bad Idea! Be very careful when messing around with the rear brakes. If you were able to mount the front calipers on the rear of your Z it would become a death trap. There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car. Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts. __________________ The Reed Law Firm; Michael Fasano VA Attorney and Counselor at Law: A Virginia Traffic, Criminal, and Family Lawyer.https://reedlawva.com/

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