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 ...

With copper-free brake standards taking effect, suppliers are reengineering friction materials, and fleets are weighing what the change means for air disc brake performance on the road.

All the various materials and constructions as well as their advantages and downfalls The braking system is among the most important parts of any automobile, if not the most important. On the road, ...

When it comes to the stopping power needed to halt a fully loaded tractor-trailer cruising at highway speeds, both air disc brakes (ADBs) and their S-cam drum brake brethren get the job done. But when ...

With the abundance of aftermarket brake companies coming out with attractive disc brake packages that perform as good as, or in most cases better than stock drum brakes, there's no excuse to overlook ...

Chrome, patterns, murals, pumps, dumps, LS engine, batteries, sound system, wire wheels, 5.20-size tires. It sounds like I fired off the main ingredients for creating a loaded lowrider, but what I've ...

Going faster is something we all aspire to. It's part of the genetic makeup of the car enthusiast to crave more and more horsepower in a never-ending quest to be faster. But is being faster just a ...