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Originally Posted by iikhod
That brake drum sure looks a lot like the ones on the rwd-ladas  |
Why would them bother developing a newer set of drums while the older ones could still serve just right? Economics of scale at its finest
Anyway, IIRC the Lada drums were often pointed out to be actually better than the original ones from Fiat, since the Lada versions used aluminium which not just reduced unsprung mass a little but also leads to a quicker heat rejection and therefore less thermal fatigue of the brakes.