While converting from drums to disc brakes on the front of many older cars is a sensible upgrade, irrespective of performance gains, we opted to install discs on the rear of our project wagon too. Not ...

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 ...

If you're comfortable with a two-barrel carb feeding your big old V-8, you're probably fine with the front drum brakes slowing down that even bigger full-size, powered by that under-carbureted V-8.

Ask any gathering of classic Ford enthusiasts what's the first upgrade they'd do on their project. They're liable to tell you that a disc brake conversion is at or near the top of the list. Front disc ...

Brembo’s experience with motorbike brakes is a tell-tale design cue, while larger fluid volumes are good for brake ...

Classic car owners eventually face the same uncomfortable question: keep the original drum brakes or convert to discs. The ...

After you get a new project running, what’s the first thing you want to do? “Go for a drive” is the obvious answer, but did ...

Though a decade ago it was far from the case, nowadays, the likelihood for a technician to work on a newer truck with air disc brakes (ADBs) is about the same as one with drum brakes. “Almost half of ...

Both brakes have their respective strengths and weaknesses. An objective look at both of them. Any die-hard biker would never like the bike to stop once it's tires have hugged the road but anyone who ...