Need coupe GT information.....lots..lol

[Ti Kan]

tihol tiholov writes:
> >I disagree, and wait for someone to correct me, but since the rear brakes =
> only contribute about 40% of the stopping power in the first place, and =
> the harder you are braking the less they contribute because of the forward =
> transfer of weight, I would guess that there is little=20
> sense in increasing the swept area of the rear discs. Did I miss the point =
> somewhere?
> 
> DK, if you did or not.  The above assumptions seem correct until one looks =
> at (e.g.) Porsche rear brakes.  The 944 vented rear disks are almost twice =
> the diameter of the Typ 89.  Most of the 944 Turbo had the same size and =
> type 4-piston br. calipers front and rear.

The 944 has the transaxle in the rear, and a more rearward engine location
in the front, thus having a very different weight bias than that of a
fwd Audi coupe.  Even so, I am fairly certain that the 944 also has a brake
proportioning valve to provide more brake bias to the fronts.

-Ti
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