What do back roomers think about this new braking system developed by a Canadian company Newtech (www.newtech-ibs.com).
Its a full contact braking system, to put it simply the contact area is 360 degrees with pads both side of the rotor disk. Claims are better heat dissipation, higher strength and reduced noise and vibration. Also lower pressures needed giving more flexibility and ability to use brake by wire system.
Renault are looking at this quite seriously apparently.
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Not heard of it before. But if Renault are looking at it, maybe it's not so good!
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I think developements in everyday cars are often a spin off from F1 racing.
I believe thats where disk brakes came from. I would imagine that if this new braking system were used on these cars that would be the place to see them first used.
Alvin
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Sounds like some sort of clutch arrangement. And just as expensive to repair.
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Stuart B wrote:
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.....and ability to use brake by wire.
This frightens the life out of me, and I hope that it never succeeds - read the article in last Saturday's DT about the car with joy-pad type steer-by-wire system.
The safety and legal problems will, I think, be insurmountable. They use fly-by-wire on aircraft but only with the assurance of multiple back up systems and an international infrastructure of inspections and maintenance. I can't see that ever happening with motor cars. In theory, yes - in practice, no.
Ian
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fly-by-wire might be ok when the car is new, but what about 10 years down the line when everything electrical starts to break? aaargh!
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Disk brakes actually came from aircraft, as did anti-lock brakes. The forces involved in stopping an aircraft on the runway, once it has landed, are extremely high. Disk brakes eventually found their way onto racing cars and then road cars but ABS was shunned by racers because good race drivers are even more effective than ABS.
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