I consider brakes the single most important system on a truck. Yet few drivers or even fleet maintenance personnel have ever had the opportunity to see what brakes can really do. I had such an ...

The Professional Cyclists Association (CPA) on Monday threatened legal action against the UCI if the sport's governing body doesn't reconsider the ongoing disc brake test period that started at the ...

A viral Carwow test pitted a Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX against a Porsche 911 and Nissan Z. While the sports cars stopped ...

Motorsport has served as a proving ground for loads of new technologies that eventually make their way into the auto industry's consumer cars, and a new documentary shows exactly how that happened ...

With the recent UCI ruling allowing disc brakes in cyclocross, and USA Cycling’s subsequent adoption of the rule for the 2010 Cyclocross National Championships, a number of disc brakes will be out on ...

The disc brake is a key example of trickle-down technology in the automotive industry. One that starts at the highest forms of motorsports, and eventually makes its way down to the masses. In the case ...

Pump and pray-that's what we think every time we have to stop quickly in our '68 GTX clone, thanks to the factory's barely adequate 10-inch drum brakes. It seems no matter how often you adjust or ...

There’s no question that replacing original drum brakes with disc brakes is one of the best safety upgrades you can make to a vintage Mustang. Today, the options include modern calipers and rotors, ...

Drum brakes have a bad reputation, and they're usually the first things to hit the swap meet pile. Early C2 Corvettes were only available with drum brakes, but they worked adequately, thanks to larger ...