Older cars are fun to drive for a number of reasons, but poor braking performance shouldn't be one of them.
As soon as NASCAR announced that its big, heavy Cup cars would be tackling Daytona’s full road course this August, a popular question arose: How will the brakes do under such punishment?
What does hygroscopic mean, and what does it have to do with brake fluid? What's so special about DOT 5 brake fluid? We give you the "brake"-down on these questions and more in our next issue.
Street or Track? The Ford GT’s Brakes Change With the Specific Mission.
Brakes should both correct speed and balance the chassis. The brakes on our MR2 Turbo did virtually none of that, so it was time for a change–a big brake change.
As it turns out, late-model Porsche GT3 front brake ducts can be adapted to a wide variety of cars.
We ask our brakes to do a lot, but what happens when we demand too much?
Without tires interacting with the road surface, all those pretty brake parts can’t accomplish much.
Street or track? The Ford GT’s brakes change with the specific mission.
The brakes just didn’t feel right.
Not a sinking pedal, the usual sign of a failing master cylinder, but something just seemed amiss with the brakes on our
Could we upgrade the brakes while keeping things looking period-correct? That was our goal here.
Our Elva Mk VI sports racer was built in 1961. It’s nearly …
Some cars greatly benefit from a big-brake kit, as the factory pieces just can’t handle the heat. Just see how the upsized hardware transformed our Corvette Z06 and …
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Suspension, power, must be time for brakes on our Mk7 Volkswagen GTI, right?
We’d …
An early Sprite originally had a single master cylinder for not only front and rear brakes but also for the clutch. To remove a single point of failure, dual master …
