LF brake caliper question

lce · 2/6/22, 12:15 PM

Occasionally I'll see a smaller 4 piston caliper on the LF on a nonwing sprint car. Has anyone out there seen any benefit to this? Maybe get a tight car turned on a dry slick track?

TQ29m · 2/6/22, 2:12 PM

Not sure what you are asking, a caliper is common on the left front, has been since time began.

lce · 2/6/22, 2:27 PM

I'm referring to a 4 piston caliper being more aggressive than a 1 or 2 piston design which is the standard on most sprint cars.

kendirt · 2/6/22, 3:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lce

I'm referring to a 4 piston caliper being more aggressive than a 1 or 2 piston design which is the standard on most sprint cars.

Right, it's going to help it turn in.

Run a proportioning valve so you can take brake away from that corner when you don't want it. At that point all you're out is the extra weight of the heavier caliper.

spankytoo · 2/7/22, 6:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lce

Occasionally I'll see a smaller 4 piston caliper on the LF on a nonwing sprint car. Has anyone out there seen any benefit to this? Maybe get a tight car turned on a dry slick track?

I don't think I have ever seen a tight car on a dry slick track.

2/6/22, 2:12 PM	#2
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,214	Not sure what you are asking, a caliper is common on the left front, has been since time began. __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

2/6/22, 12:15 PM	#1 LF brake caliper question
lce Member Race Count This Year: 14 Race Count Last Year: 12 Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 14	Occasionally I'll see a smaller 4 piston caliper on the LF on a nonwing sprint car. Has anyone out there seen any benefit to this? Maybe get a tight car turned on a dry slick track?

2/6/22, 2:27 PM	#3
lce Member Race Count This Year: 14 Race Count Last Year: 12 Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 14	I'm referring to a 4 piston caliper being more aggressive than a 1 or 2 piston design which is the standard on most sprint cars.