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Old July 9th 2007, 23:52
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been thinking about this all day and it is sending me nuts , i thought i would give an example and somebody could correct it if i am incorrect .
say if we using wallys calculations (54mm caliper cup diameter / 23 mm front m/c cup diameter)²= 5.51
944 rears:
(36mm rear caliper cup / 19.06 mm rear m/c cup diameter)²= 3.57
F/R ratio would then be 1.54
i understand this this is the ratio of mechanical advantage but and this is the thing i cannot get my head round area is pi r squared so half 23squared *3.1472=419
and half19squared *3.1472=284
so for 1 mm of movement the 23mm piston displaces 419mm of fluide and the 19mm piston 284 mm of fluid if they are on the same shaft then the limiting factor is the amount of force that can be applied to the 23mm piston , as far as ican see increasing the size of the front mc piston will decrease the mechanical ratio but increase the force on the front caliper pistons therefore increasing the bias because the rear cannot displace as much fluid for the same movement please help
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