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Air cooled, not many suitable engines available back then, I think it was a quadrunner 100 cc.

Here is the finished product. I was primarily a test guy. The Prof got me a scholarship. :)

Anyway, I’ll go back later and read the earlier posts. Like I said, I could be wrong, but it did stimulate some discussion, which is what these forums are for. :) One comment on AI, I think all the big scientific sites locked AI out unless they pay. A lot of reference were from discussion forums.

And this addresses the anti-dive. Not saying it’s right, but a lot of discussion was done. I think the Front an arms were parallel. There was no dive on braking, but if I remember right the suspension was stiff.

Okay, here is what we did back in the 80’s to reason it out. A professor got a contract to build a small fuel efficient car, I was involved in testing. This would address the talk about bearing load reduction.

Yeah, the brake force magnitude is the same regardless of position (every thing being equal) but the tangential force on the disc changes direction when brake position changes. I’ll try to sketch something, and keep digging for a technical reference. I found several references that talked...

Yes, AI contradictions seem inevitable. I’ll do a bit more digging, and start a new thread. Basically, the vertical component of the caliper reaction force changes sign when position is flipped front to back. I’m pretty sure when the older Vipers with more of a trailing arm suspension went...

I’ve found numerous claims that the caliper placement impacts bearing load when braking, so they are positioned to reduce bearing load in high performance applications. But, this was posted on discussion boards, so again, may be speculation.

The disk has a force exerted on it opposite rotation, so the force on the caliper is opposite. This has a vertical and horizontal component. The vertical component depends whether the caliper is front or rear mounted. I was hoping to find a paper on it, but haven’t so far. But, did find this...