Hey, what kind of disc brakes will work on my '27 T Tudor?" Or, ''I got this here T-bucket and it don't seem to stop so good." Or, "My buddy told me that late-model disc brakes need to be whammied ...

When Jim O'Connell bought his 1955 Chevrolet 210 Del Ray seven years ago, it already had a front disc brake conversion kit of unknown origin installed that used 11-inch rotors and stock GM S-10 single ...

If you are like a lot of hot rodders, you probably spend a large percentage of your time and money wringing out that last bit of precious horsepower, that last tenth of a second in e.t., or the ...

While many hot rods are driven with rough-running engines, suspensions that are too stiff, or horns that don't work, no car, hot rod or not, should be driven with brakes that aren't 100 percent. Since ...

It's amazing how many nice street machines have brakes so worn out that they're barely worthy of the term. We spend thousands of dollars building horsepower, looking good with paint/wheels/tires, and ...

Why stop when you're having fun isn't particularly good advice when the subject vehicle is a hard charging 1954 Kaiser Manhattan equipped like Bob Kleiner and his wife Leanne's with a Chevrolet ...

First there was the power break, then the power tie, then the power lunch. Or was it the other way around? HOT ROD's version of power braking ain't no yuppie scum deal, it's about snatching a ...

Not many hot rodders give much thought to what different brake pads do for the stopping of their hot rod. Oh, I'm sure the guys who race fast cars on a racetrack do assign an engineer to get the best ...

Drum brakes aren't the pinnacle of technology, but ya gotta admit they sure do look good on a traditional-style hot rod. I've run front drums on the majority of the cars and trucks I've built over the ...