Objectives of design program for Corvette disk brake system, tailored for sports car performance without power assist; Delco-Moraine caliper design was selected incorporating constant contact which plays important part in making brake system effective without power assist; separate parking brake system became necessary and mechanically actuated drum type duo-servo parking brake, designed in Grand Sport Corvette program, was adapted into production of 1965 Corvette; development of hydraulics and disks; results of brake tests, fade and recovery tests; additional road tests; caliper development.
High caliper braking -- Corvette standard 4-wheel disc brakes
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1965 Brakes
1965
15 pages
Conference paper
English
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