Having the dreaded HOR design, changing the Rotors is a pain. I was wondering why this design was used back in the nineties. The design does appear to secure the Rotor better than the ROH set-up. Any thoughts?
After reading the post and replies, I completely understand why this must be a frustrating design and a pain as far as maintenance goes, to the point of forcing some to convert to ROH. But being a racing driver 1st and foremost, obligates me to ALWAYS commend engineers that design passenger cars with an eye on performance over anything else. So I do have an actual legit reason, at least in the case of the 5th gen Accord, why the Honda engineer in charge of suspension development (ride/handling), went with the HOR and for the very same reason, also went with a front stabilizer/sway/anti-sway/anti-roll bar and I almost forgot, double wishbones all around.Having the dreaded HOR design, changing the Rotors is a pain. I was wondering why this design was used back in the nineties. The design does appear to secure the Rotor better than the ROH set-up. Any thoughts?
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After reading the post and replies, I completely understand why this must be a frustrating design and a pain as far as maintenance goes, to the point of forcing some to convert to ROH. But being a racing driver 1st and foremost, obligates me to ALWAYS commend engineers that design passenger cars with an eye on performance over anything else. So I do have an actual legit reason, at least in the case of the 5th gen Accord, why the Honda engineer in charge of suspension development (ride/handling), went with the HOR and for the very same reason, also went with a front stabilizer/sway/anti-sway/anti-roll bar and I almost forgot, double wishbones all around.
The reason being PERFORMANCE (reminder that Honda had just left Formula 1 at around the time the 5th generation was being designed) I find that people sometimes forget Honda engineers are some of the best with some coming from the motorsports world. So it was for performance and in particular with HOR, it was keeping the UNSPRUNG WEIGHT as low as possible which we know aids not only handling but also ride comfort and quality.
Speaking of the 5th generation Accord, it was decided that, just like the 4th generation on which, 50% of it was carried over, it was over engineered, meaning too expensive, argued that it was just a family sedan/wagon. The double wishbones, and HOR to name a few would be dropped to keep manufacturing prices lower because the beancounters won out over the die hard "racing" engineers. That was the beginning of the end and until only recently, Honda made vanilla, unassuming, uninspiring, but reliable cars and minivans!
So you all had valid points and reasons for wondering why because it didn't make much sense. Well NOW, at least in regards to the 5th gen Accord with the totally inconvenient HORs, you know!
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