@Percy posted:The motor drive on the Tesla electric caliper fouls the shock spring when you try to mount it in the front position . The mount extension for the manual Emergency brake cable on the original caliper clears the spring so the whole thing is fully reversible - no caliper trimming required. With the two sets of ears already on the Pantera mounting case it is a very simple change.
The Tesla electric caliper is not modulating - its either full on or off. I know some work is being done to see if it can be operated as a modulating caliper but no word on that as yet. Even if that was possible , the entire brake arrangement for the car would have to be modified, both front and back, to make this work as the primary caliper. I wouldn't do it.
As it is this is, it is a relatively simple , fully reversible modification that delivers outstanding emergency brake service . And it gets rid of the inside handbrake lever.
Hope this helps ?
There are other hydraulic rear calipers with electronic parking brakes. Surface areas of the pads (a comparison for braking amount applied) are similar in some cases.
Why does it have to be the Tesla?
How does the Tesla caliper work as a rear caliper on a Tesla IF it only operates as Parking Brake, i.e., on and off?
The way that some modifications that become suddenly popular then overnight become yesterdays news when a better modification comes up is my concern here.
The idea of eliminating the interior hand brake assembly I like but the thought of just an electric on/off activating switch with no safety on it is concerning, or maybe more accurately stated, a consideration?
How do you protect from a disastrous situation of accidentally applying the parking brake while driving?
I asked "Professor Haas" this and he hasn't responded as of yet? He's still on his time trip in his "Delorean" and is trying to get back to the future.