Bent Wrench wrote:
Another consideration is you would not want to downgrade F brakes used in the rear because you need enough brake power to counter the motor power.
Unless I'm missing something, why would you ever press on the accelerator and the brake pedal at the same time?
I'm in the planning phase of building a mid-engine Locost type car using a FWD drivetrain moved to the back, and have thought about how to address the rear brakes. In order to have a parking brake, my plan is to mount the rear calipers from the donor car onto the front hubs, using a custom adapter plate. I would also have to use the rear discs from the donor car on the front hubs, as the vented front discs are quite a bit thicker then the non-vented rear discs, and would likely be too thick to fit in the rear calipers.
Option 2 is to keep the front discs and calipers as is, and just add a mechanical "spot caliper" for the parking brake. This is similar to what I have seen on the Tesla Model S. Here is a link to the page on my website discussing this:
https://midixsportscar.wordpress.com/re ... nd-brakes/
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