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Doug, did you read Rocky’s message?  He has Wilwood calipers and only uses the stock caliper as a parking brake. The Tesla caliper weighs much less than the OEM caliper and it works brilliantly.

The speed with which the motor turns is set internally. Unless I'm mistaken, Jon's controller does not alter the speed. The reason a controller is even required, is to control how tightly the caliper squeezes the rotor. If you just used a switch, such as a power window switch, you'd create both mechanical and electrical problems that ultimately would cause an early failure of components. That's what the Tesla controller does and that's what Jon's controller does too but that's not all it does. Figuring out how the Tesla controller works and then designing a controller that improves on it was not a trivial undertaking! 

Last edited by davidnunn
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