When we last left off Scott Roth, co-owner of Rothspeed in South Burlington, Vermont, had just wrapped up on the installation of Classic Performance Products' four-wheel disc brake conversion for our ...

There's an old expression, "Why stop when you're having fun," but when the subject is a 1969 SS396 El Camino that couldn't stop to save its proverbial soul there wasn't anything fun about it. Such was ...

Combining a new hydraulic brake actuation system with its proven disk brake design, ArvinMeritor has released a “premium hydraulic braking system” for medium-duty truck and bus applications. Available ...

"It's all about the boost," say the technicians at ABS Power Brake Company. Brake boosters and master cylinders-they're not the most glamorous parts of a brake system, especially when compared to the ...

In the wide, wide world of automotive terminology, there are a number of parts with names that are pretty logical and help to understand how cars work. Slang words aside, like a spider hose, some ...

Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

As cars, trucks, and SUVs become increasingly electrified, their hardware will also slowly head towards a more digital era. Braking systems, up until recently, have all mostly relied on an antiquated, ...

If you’re still getting used to the feel of electrically boosted power steering, you might find this next bit of news troublesome. Over the next few years, you’re going to have to get used to the feel ...