Now that's a brake upgrade!

[tlorber]

Ok Julio,

So now that you've opened up the can, let's hear the 5 rules.

[Oiluj]

Opps!! It was law #3...

Law 1: Fully understand the project requirements.

Law 2: Take action, apologize later.

Law 3: Don’t re-invent or build what you can buy.

Law 4: Simple is better than complex.

Law 5: Design it so you don’t become a slave to what you build.

They are posted at my desk and I use them when mentoring junior engineers.

Edited November 29, 2012 by Oiluj

[conedodger]

We're good Julio. We are actually three different companies that come together for projects. In all three cases the businesses are our own. 99% of what we have done is Porsche related. I am trying to coax us as a group into the Z project. Our goal is to make no money. No kidding. We're simply trying to make available what is NLA. We're fully cognizant of the fact that the market is small and getting smaller.

[Oiluj]

Ok Julio,

So now that you've opened up the can, let's hear the 5 rules.

You asked. Now it's your turn! Whaddya think? My favorite is #5.

[tlorber]

I think I have to go with #4. 5 is somewhat of a restatement of #4.

I also like "If it ain't broke, don't break it. If you DO break it, redesign it better."

[Oiluj]

You are indeed correct.

Rule #5 is incuded mostly because of a few "interesting" personal experiences in production machine design earlier in my career.

Especially after being called a few times to go fix things in the middle of the night when the maintenance guys couldn't figure it out... After that, keeping custom hardware simple and easy overcame my "youthful desire" to use higher-tech than required technology.

I think that's a process many engineers / designers go through.

[conedodger]

I checked with the engineers and the difference in flex between aluminum and steel is .002". This is repeatable. Flex is not an issue.

The testing was done at 20 times normal pressures.

Edited December 1, 2012 by conedodger

[conedodger]

Help! Eric needs core calipers... Orders are starting to roll in for caliper restorations and he needs spares to keep things moving. Watcha got and how much ya want?

[Zedyone_kenobi]

Well he has my old ones as a core..

He did a great job folks, I will post more pics when they hit my garage.

[conedodger]

Specifically, he needs one left caliper...

Edited January 10, 2013 by conedodger

[Travel'n Man]

I can't believe you guys left us hanging like this...........come on now. I know there is more to come.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

I thought I posted these pics elsewhere, but here is the work Eric did on my calipers. He ended up using mine as he was missing one side in his set of spares.

Better than new I would think. Those are new Porterfield Pads I think. I will have to check what he put in there.