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Re: V8 quattro tyres

To: eliot@u.washington.edu (Eliot Lim)
Subject: Re: V8 quattro tyres
From: Frank Deutschmann <fhd@interport.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 17:03:05 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: LToy@aol.com, duane@zk3.dec.com, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91j.950811134947.22274G-100000@homer02.u.washington.edu> from "Eliot Lim" at Aug 11, 95 01:58:38 pm
Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net

Eliot Lim sez:
> the main difference between internal caliper and regular discs
> are that the brake actuator assembly grabs the disc from the
> "inside" of the disc as opposed to the "outside".  by doing
> that you can have a larger diameter disc, which in turn increases
> your swept area without increasing the overall diameter of the
> assembly.

Oh, now I see -- Good heavens, *THAT's AWFUL*!!!

(Did someone in der Fatherland forget that brakes turn motion into HEAT!?)

-frank
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- Re: V8 quattro tyres
  - From: Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>

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