Caliper Placement
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Caliper Placement
While rotating the tires on my wife's '10 Fusion, I noticed all 4 calipers clamp the front of the rotors; my Explorer has the calipers behind the rotors. Anyone know if there's a performance advantage to either set-up, or is it due to FWD vs RWD, suspension design or............?
Steve
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It doesn't matter (performance wise), but it needs to be at the front or the back (it can't be at the top or the bottom, otherwise you distort the rotor when braking - particularly if you are cornering at the same time)
Most performance cars will place the caliper at whatever end of the rotor it is harder to get air too (for cooling). On regular cars that isn't an issue.
Most performance cars will place the caliper at whatever end of the rotor it is harder to get air too (for cooling). On regular cars that isn't an issue.
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Because the other end of the rotor that doesn't have a caliper over it has a lot more surface area exposed, its better to get the cooling area there.
Last edited by BigF350; Feb 6, 2010 at 04:18 PM.
