Continental, the European makers of tyres and other components has come up with a new design for disc brakes. Their developments have been based on electric vehicle usage - which is the current focal point of the industry. Regular disc brakes are typically made of steel and are quite heavy. On high performance vehicles there could be lightweight rotors (discs) or even carbon … [Read more...]
Disc Brakes
A little while ago I wrote about drum brakes and it reminded me of the Le Mans winning Jaguars of the 1950s. One of the advantages the Jags had over their American, German and Italian rivals was their use of disc brakes. The other cars mostly still used drum brakes that were inferior in their ability to slow a car down. Thus the Jags could brake much later than the other cars … [Read more...]
