Brakes, much like tires, are largely considered an unsexy part of a car. They perform the task of ending the fun; they’re the opposite of the thrill of acceleration and cornering. Any time someone ...

Dust thy Neighbor" was part of Volkswagen's print ad campaign for the GTI 16V. The text read something like "...and if you can't beat him in a straight line, there will be ample opportunity in the ...

With Project 325's reliability addressed in Part 2, the first performance modification was serious braking ability. Over the last few years, that has gradually come to mean big brakes for most ...

Since the purpose of our project car, Valiant Effort, is to be a daily driver, we decided that in the interest of safety, she should be treated to a good set of disc brakes up front. Disc brakes weren ...

A while back, I made a list of the five things I hated most about my 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera, aka the 996. When I mentioned that I was not too fond of how the brake pedal felt, many of you commented ...

With the new rear suspension installed in Project 1955 Chevrolet Revive, the time had come to swap out the old control arms and drum brakes up front. The steering was updated with power steering at ...

The world’s first commercially-available brake-by-wire systems arrived in early 2002, when DaimlerChrysler launched the latest version of its SL Grand Tourer, writes Anthony Lewis. The system in this ...