[s-cars] Boxster vs. bigger brakes

[Louis-Alain Richard]

I was aware of the Renault e-brakes : a motor, installed on the axle or on
the floorpan that actuates very short cables toward normal e-brakes.

But that Passat e-brake is very interesting (picture at the middle of the
page).
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4059337-2006-Passat-2.0T-VE-Front-
Rear-Brake-question 

A self contained e-brake, with the motor installed on the caliper, that will
interest a lot of people looking for brake swaps...

Louis-Alain

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Cody Forbes [mailto:cody at 5000tq.com] 
Envoyé : 6 avril 2011 20:15
À : Louis-Alain Richard
Cc : Grant Lenahan; Jay M; quattro at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [s-cars] Boxster vs. bigger brakes

VAG has been using electric parking brakes for over 5 years. They run the
electric motor/actuator right on the caliper.

-Cody (mobile)

On Apr 6, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> In a couple years, that setup would be ideal for brake swaps : many
> suppliers are working on electrical e-brakes with the actuators already
> installed in the drum-in-hat e-brake. That will only need a signal to
> operate the e-brake. No more frozen e-brake cables !
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> 
> Boxster rear calipers do have an odd e-brake configuration. Its  a drum
> inside the hub/rotor. That would make your e-brake inoperable, but
then,most
> are anyway.
> 
> Grant