Stock brake systems are designed for stock cars. Any time you change the vehicle's total weight or the distribution of that weight, raise or lower the center of gravity, install "big 'n' little" ...

We've done a lot of brake installation stories showing how to get bigger and better brakes. Unfortunately we tend to forget at times that even with the latest high-dollar brake systems, if you don't ...

I recently drove a VF Engineering-supercharged Spyker C8, which is not equipped with power-assisted brakes. I was reminded of the importance of each and every part of the braking system, down to the ...

Where is a specific brake or clutch type most appropriate? It depends on what it’s being used for. Bobbi/Nexen: There are four basic application classifications: occasional start or stop, high cyclic ...

Here's an easy quiz:Which of your Corvette's pedals do you want to push all the way to the floor, and which one do you never want to touch the carpet? If you answered "accelerator" first and "brake" ...

The debate about disc brake vs rim brakes is over. The ship sailed a few years ago and by now it's almost impossible to buy a new bike with rim brakes. Almost every option in our list of the best road ...

Brake-by-wire is an emerging technology whose advantages seem certain to make it the eventual solution for future vehicles, so Design News had a chat with Janani Neelakantan, Senior Technical Manager ...

Brake-by-wire technology debuted with the 2001 Mercedes-Benz SL, and the technology has not exactly covered itself in glory during the intervening years. Parking at the lunch stop during the media ...

A 30-minute brake pad job will now take you an entire afternoon. It seems like every year, someone in the motorcycle world ...

Formula 1's drastic 2026 rule changes are not just causing the teams various engineering headaches, but they are also "one of the most challenging" regulation revamps for brake designs. The biggest ...