With all the hoopla going on about the GM Brake Repair Litigation Settlement (on 1988 – 1993 Chevy Lumina, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Pontiac Grand Prix automobiles), I thought I’d ...

What is a disc brake system? How can one be faster without adding more ponies to the engine? One way is to make your car lighter. Having a higher power-to-weight ratio will make your car faster since ...

When it came down to disc braking systems on Mopar musclecars, the evolution was one of simplicity versus complexity. From the mid-sixties through 1972, the compact A-Body cars ordered with the ...

I recently had to delve into the brakes on a trailer and was quite surprised at how they work. With all of the advances in technology, it’s a wonder that this method still exists as the majority of ...

Both brakes have their respective strengths and weaknesses. An objective look at both of them. Any die-hard biker would never like the bike to stop once it's tires have hugged the road but anyone who ...

We test brakes probably hundreds of times every time we ride, accumulating a vast amount of experience and a very broad range of reference in the process. We run long-term sets of all the current ...

One enterprising individual who is a friend of ours, an engineer, and completely obsessed with making old Jeeps and other 4x4s work better is Brennan Metcalf. For a few years, Brennan has also been ...

Somebody once wrote, "you become a folk guitarist to meet girls, but you end up talking to other middle-aged men about your fingernails." By the same token, I became a track rat to experience high ...

Brake fade is a thing of the past with air disc brakes. On repeated hard stops and on long descents, brake performance improves as operating temperatures increase. Our first tango with disc brakes ...