Rear brakes question

[Doug er]

I'm building a Mark IV and just added the back brake mounts to a 3 link axle. I haven't seen a brake caliper mounted in front of a tire before. I'm just wondering why? What is the logic for having the calipers mounted on the front of the wheel?

Thank you,
Doug S.

[Gordon Levy]

using the mustang caliper with the big spring and park brake level sometimes has issues clearing the coil over.

[FFRWRX]

I'm not a Factory Five Tech person, but do know something about this. Ignoring what will fit where, if you look at most any high performance sports car the front calipers will be mounted to the rear of the wheels and the rear calipers will be mounted in front of the wheel. The reason? To minimize the polar moment of inertia. The more weight you have at the center of the mass of the vehicle, the easier/faster it is for the vehicle to rotate, ie, turn a corner. The calipers generally don't weigh much, but everything helps.

Rick

[egchewy79]

what gordon said.
make sure you put the bleeder screw at the top of the caliper, so the right caliper goes on the left side and vice versa...

[J R Jones]

Doug, With some suspension designs the brake force through the caliper can be used to counter dive in front and lift in the rear. Typically those designs are aft calipers in front and forward calipers on the rear axle.
jim

[Doug er]

Thank you all for the logic, I knew there was a good reason, I'm just too ignorant to know it. It was bothering me not knowing. Thank you all!!!

Doug