A set of drums can go a very long way if you happen to be a rock star, but face the facts. You're not Tommy Lee. Besides, since there's no modern equivalent of a '80s Heather Locklear, the benefits of drums aren't what they used to be, even for rock stars. For the average hot rodder, the only set of drums at your disposal are the ones bolted to your project car's rearend housing, or gulp, to the front spindles. In either scenario, drum brakes aren't a good thing. It wasn't so bad back in the '60s, when every other car on the road relied on such archaic technology, but the only thing you'll out-stop these days with a set of drums is an 18-wheeler. Although most cars on the road today are mired in a perpetual state of plastic lameness and bear no semblance of performance, if your drum-equipped muscle car happens to be behind one of them as they stomp hard on the binders, you're going to be in some serious trouble.
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