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 ...

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.

Most of the muscle cars from the '60s and '70s can be modified to enable you to get the acceleration performance you want, but slowing them down may be another story. Even some of the most powerful ...