DISC BRAKES FOR SMALL WHEELS!

摘要

It's an amazing fact, but in spite of there being a huge disc brake aftermarket, more than 80 percent of muscle cars and hot rods by our reckoning still have their original brake systems. With the exception of a few rare cars that belong in museums, there's no good justification for putting yourself and others at risk with hardware that's a half-century old. It seems everybody reaches for the catalog to put a new exhaust or carburetor on, but if the brakes aren't outright broken, 4 out of 5 times they get ignored. We realize that not everybody has shamelessly jumped on the Pro Touring bandwagon with huge wheels, wide rubber band tires, and pizza-platter brakes, if for no other reason than it's just plain expensive. Moreover, not everybody wants brain fluid leaking out their ear during the highway on-ramp merge; some hot rods and the gearheads who own them just aren't built for that. We hear you, and that's why we're building Project Valiant, a low-key granny mobile with patina paint, a flat hood, and 15-inch steelies.'