Know that the brake caliper was fixed

I'm sorry for the very amateur title & content, but my recent discovery.

Regarding the brake caliper, until now I had only been concerned about that color and had never thought about it, so I simply thought that it was "sticking to the tires and turning around together." .. It's correct that I didn't think about anything in particular, rather than thinking.

However. The "brake caliper position" was fixed! !! (Sorry, I'm sorry for being too amateur ...)

There was a time when I was outside the car when my husband parked the car in the parking lot, and at that time I was casually staring at the tires that came back. Then I noticed that only the brake caliper was in the same position all the time, and this was the discovery.

When I said to my husband, "Only the brake caliper has the same position and is fixed !!", he simply said, "That's right." Uh, that was common sense ...

By the way, in my 911, the caliper is fixed to the front wheel from the center of the car. This photo is the front right wheel.

Do you understand? The front right tire has a brake caliper on the left side of the car, not in the direction of travel.

And for the rear wheels, the caliper is also fixed toward the center of the car.

The rear wheel on the right side, but you can see that there is a brake caliper on the right side = toward the center of the car.

Of course, the other side is also fixed at the same position, and the caliper is installed on the left front wheel toward the center of the car.

The caliper on the left front wheel is on the right side.

The rear wheel on the left side also has a caliper installed toward the center of the car.

In this way, the rear wheel on the left side had a caliper on the left side.

In other words, on my Porsche 911 (991.2), I found that all brake calipers were fixed "towards the center of the car".

Since this discovery, I've been worried about the position of the brake calipers of other cars, and I also saw two Porsche tires parked in the same parking lot, but the result is as follows.

This is Porsche Macan Turbo. The caliper on the front wheel is toward the center of the car.

And the rear wheel was also attached to the center of the car. I mean, the brake caliper on the rear wheel of the Macan is small, isn't it? !! I was surprised. It's a different discovery even in such a place (laughs).

Now, back to the caliper position, I see, I wonder if all Porsche brake calipers are fixed toward the center of the car ... I wondered if the Porsche next door has Cayenne turbo tires. Looking at it ...

This is the front wheel, but there is a caliper in the direction of travel! In other words, it was placed in the opposite direction of the center of the car.

There is a caliper in the back toward the center of the car.

Well, the position of the caliper was the same for 911 and Macan, but Cayenne is different. When it comes to that, maybe there are many other things as well? ?? why? ?? When I wondered and tried Google,Porsche Center Kumamoto explained.

In 911 etc., the weight balance is designed to be in the center of the car, and Cayenne is expected to run off-road, so in order to reduce the entrainment of pebbles etc., the caliper is in the direction of travel (forward) It seems that it is attached toward. So that's it.

Until now, I was really concerned about the color of the brake caliper, but this time I made a new discovery and it was fun!

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).