These complete OE-replacement two-piece front directional brake discs are lighter than standard one-piece brake discs, and APM Racing has reduced the unsprung weight and increased the cooling capacity ...

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, ...

If there's anything Chevy mechanics have learned through the years it's that a Corvette is just a little bit harder to work on than a garden variety Chevrolet, and it's for a number of reasons: ...

IGN knows one of the worst things about having a hot car is the amount of money you have to shell out each month to keep it. Small routine things like oil changes and stuff you should do yourself will ...

Jaguar's C-Type dragged disc brakes into the automotive limelight - but it wasn't the technology's first outing In 1952, William Lyons entered a Jaguar C-Type into the Goodwood Easter race. There was ...

Disc brakes work using a simple system: brake pads contained within the caliper (the clamp-like object around the brake rotor, or disc) apply pressure to the rotor and slow the car when you press the ...

There seems to be no stopping the rollout of disc brakes. The stopping systems that emerged as an option for most OEMs around 2008 had become standard on steer axles by 2012, said Freightliner ...

Cars that can go faster, need the technology that can stop them quicker as well. The birth of brakes gave the power to stop in the driver's hand (or technically, the foot). Disc brakes added to the ...

Five years ago, when federal authorities announced that stopping-distance rules for heavy tractors would get stricter, there was talk that this would finally cause a conversion from drum brakes to air ...

These complete OE-replacement two-piece front directional brake discs are lighter than standard one-piece brake discs, and APM Racing has reduced the unsprung weight and increased the cooling capacity ...