[DeTomaso] ZF Mounted Inboard Brakes

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Yes, Ted Mitchell showed this off in the Ballroom of a past Las Vegas  
Fun Rally some years ago.  I have photos of it somewhere.  I don't  
think it turned into a sought after mod.

Asa Jay

Quoting The DeTomaso Registry Guy <detomasoregistry at gmail.com>:

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> The other day I was asked to post photos of a cable shifter for our ZF.
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> Then Saturday I took a sporty drive thru the mountains in a vintage Jag.
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> These two things reminded me of the topic of inboard brakes, a la Jaguar.  I
> remembered
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> seeing a ZF with the brake rotor assembly mounted on the ZF, so I started
> searching for photos.
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> I think this was Ted Mitchell's work, not sure.
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> ZF mounted brakes has been discussed some time ago, but in searching the
> archives
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> I could not find the thread.
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> I guess the archives search function still sucks, I even used a google-based
> deep mine
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> search technique without success.  Anyway.
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> One advantage of this design is that it moves the rear brake weight from the
> un-sprung
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> side of the equation to the sprung side.
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> One disadvantage is that it adds heat to the ZF, it is also a bit
> complicated.
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> While adding vintage photos to the DeTomaso Registry, I stumbled across
> photos of a so-equipped
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> ZF.  I'm adding these photos to the ever-growing section on our beloved ZF,
> find the link under the welcome photo.
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> http://www.provamo.com/Members/ProvaMoMemMain.asp
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> Chuck Melton
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> (The Registry Guy)
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