I'm pretty sure my Citroen H Van had inboard front discs... it was just the
ID19 drive line turned around!.

Burley Motorsports makes a neat and inexpensive kit to mount A4 rear discs
on a Vanagon.

Dixie's rear discs will NOT be inboard. Anybody who's had to deal with the
inboard rear discs on a Jaguar X-KE will be able to tell you why they
shouldn't be allowed on street cars! ;)

Seeya, Jake

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> English invention, disc brakes.
> First mass production application is inboard front disc brakes, 1956
> Citroen
> DS-19  I believe.
>
> and I've worked on Citroen inboard front disc brakes...
> air tunnels lead to them under the radiator. ( feels like a Fridae sorta
> doesn't it ? )
> the calipers
> are flat things on top of the discs....they look like snowshoes even ..
> short flat snowshoes with one end pointy.
> you could adjsut how far down over the disc the caliper road.
> the parking brake cable operate a screw inside the caliper pistons.
>
> there was a car that went from inboard front disc brakes to normal outboard
> ones.
> The Audi 100LS ...
> first popular Audi in the US ....late 60's early 70's.
> Those cars could wear out their brake pads in as little as 6,000 miles,
> which shocked people.
> Don't know if that was the inboard or outbaord version ..
> but generally ..
> the difficulty in servicing and keeping inboard disc brakes properly
> cooled,
> is usaully not worth the small gain in reduced unsprung wieght.
>
> also....running the brake force through axles and CV joints, or u-joints
> ...that should be just for drive...
> and having brakes directly connected to the wheels is inherently more
> practical, easier to work on, and safer I'd even say.
> There have been Formla One rear wheel drive cars with inboard front disc
> brakes ..
> so each front wheel had a driveshaft just to connect the brake to the
> wheel.
> That didn't last long.
>
> overall, da brakes belong with the wheels , I'd say.
>
> hey...I'm coming out with a vanagon rear disc conversion ..
> with two calipers per disc !
> or maybe inboard AND outboard brakes on the same axle ..yeah,  I like that
> idea !
>
> another nuance....really performanced focused modern cars have the brake
> calipers within the wheel base ...front caliper is towards the rear, rear
> caliper is toward the front.   Just to keep them within the wheelbase.
> Lower polar moment of inertia ya know.  And as low as practical too .
>
> and of course not turning that energy into something useful...
> as in regen brakes ....conventional brakes work great, but what a shame to
> waste that accumulated energy ( momentum ) into just  heat and brake pad
> dust.
>
> and finally ...where does all the tire rubber and brake pad dust go ?
> The highways should have mountains, berms, and morraines of tire rubber and
> brake pad dust 20 feet high on the sides of those roads ...where does that
> stuff go ??
>
> automotive engineering design is quite fascinating I'd say.
> I think someone should do rear engine, front wheel drive ..
> with solid axles with inboard brakes, no, one single large inboard brake.
>
> and there have been inboard drum brakes a time or two here and there.
> what fun !
> S.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@SHAW.CA>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
>
>
>  grrr....
>>
>>
>> re: your earlier post, forget the humvee David, inboard discs have
>> been around since the 50's. English engineering (choking on that
>> phrase mind you).
>>
>> and now you seem to be trying to force division between Angus and
>> Alistair. If this was not the day that you celebrate some minor
>> victory....
>>
>> cherer
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4-Jul-10, at 1:18 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>>
>> At 03:59 PM 7/4/2010 Sunday, Angus Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> Not to mention the ease of maintenance with disc brakes, reason
>>> enough in my book to convert every wheel you own.
>>>
>>
>> So you, ah, foreigners think you can convert me with
>> reason?  Pah!  Wogs begin at Calais and it was Not Invented Here! ;-)
>>
>> Happy Fourth of July, even though it's not Independence Day.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>> ps -- did you know Alistair doesna' care for the pipes?  Just sowing
>> a little dissension in the ranks...
>>
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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