It has always been true that if you increase the horsepower on your car, you need to increase the braking capabilities at the same time to be able to stop what you have started. For many years, the ...

Welcome to the first installment of Garage 101 on SlashGear – Our weekend car tips & tricks for automotive techies. If you are an automotive enthusiast and want to learn to drive your car in a ...

The Tesla Model S Plaid is the quickest production car ever built, and while it's the king of the drag strip, it also tends to do surprisingly well on the twisty track. This is despite the fact that ...

Upgraded brakes are, simply, a logical part of your aspiring tuner car, especially if you’re dialing up its handling, power output and rubber. After all, what good is all that handling and horsepower ...

Brake technology has progressed over the years, and we like to keep abreast of the developments and trends related to racing brake systems. A popular format is to send out questions to brake experts ...

Straight-line performance has been and will continue to be one of MM&FF's favorite challenges. Real-world testing offers us firsthand knowledge of the capabilities of FoMoCo and the aftermarket's ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 19 issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs), one updating current Track Safety Standards (TSS), the other updating existing Brake System ...

Federal rules revising how rail industry stakeholders should monitor and ensure healthy track infrastructure could be unveiled sometime soon. The rules on rail integrity amendments and track standards ...

Despite their private engineers’ warnings that track brakes were necessary on the Angels Flight cable cars, city redevelopment officials allowed the builders to alter the design in 1995 to eliminate ...

The coaster brake, found on beach cruisers and Dutch-style city bikes, has come to the track bike in the form of the Draft Coaster from SE bikes. Or should I say "track bike style"? For the Draft ...