When it comes to cars and car parts, a lot goes into sending you down the road and making sure you can come to a stop when you arrive at your destination. As you're probably aware, our vehicles rely ...

Despite the well-intentioned goals of the sharpest hometown hot rodders, there seems to be a collective knowledge deficit between what happens at the front brakes and what happens at the rear brakes.

This article was originally published in the April 2012 issue ofCar Craftmagazine. The parts and prices reflect what was available at that time. While old muscle cars are cool, drum brakes are not.