Press a pedal and your car stops, but how? The mechanisms that control a vehicle’s brakes are explained in this simple article. Most drivers understand how their brakes work in the simplest of terms: ...

Unless your daily driver is a classic Mini, or something of a similar ilk with drum brakes in all four corners, you'll have calipers providing the stopping force each time you hit the brake pedal.

Back when Baer Brake Systems was Baer Racing, the company gave the World Challenge series fits with its turquoise Fox racer, so Baer knows Mustang brakes. While inactive, the racer is still in the ...

Last month we covered certain basic characteristics of aftermarket disc brakes, including matching the system to its intended application, and some caliper, disc, and mounting bracket design ...

When it comes to cars and car parts, a lot goes into sending you down the road and making sure you can come to a stop when you arrive at your destination. As you're probably aware, our vehicles rely ...

Over the past few weeks we've looked at an ozone generator that supposedly helps to get bad smells out of a car, a flare nut wrench that helps to make easy work of changing out brake and power ...

With all the hoopla going on about the GM Brake Repair Litigation Settlement (on 1988 – 1993 Chevy Lumina, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Pontiac Grand Prix automobiles), I thought I’d ...

A good braking setup is as essential to performance and lap times as a powerful engine, and even more for safety. Braking technology has made quite a few advances over the years, going from drum ...

Big brake kits are often times the most overlooked, but most important, upgrades when it comes to customization. Aside from the aesthetic beauty of having large rotors landscape your new wheels, ...

What is a disc brake system? How can one be faster without adding more ponies to the engine? One way is to make your car lighter. Having a higher power-to-weight ratio will make your car faster since ...