{"id":449,"date":"1993-05-01T13:31:10","date_gmt":"1993-05-01T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/?p=449"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:10:32","slug":"car-craft-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/1993\/05\/01\/car-craft-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Braking Points"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Car Craft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"Syclone\" class=\"wp-image-2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-1024x402.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-1536x604.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Car-Craft-5-93-feature-2048x805.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HIGH-PERFORMANCE VEHICLES need high-performance brakes, but for fuel economy reasons many of today&#8217;s cars and trucks were originally designed with lightweight downsized brakes that have not been upgraded even though power production is once again on the increase. A perfect example is the 280hp turbo V6 GMC Syclone. Although four-wheel-anti-lock capability was added, the basic brake design still features the smallish Struck 10-inch rotors in front and drums out back. Couple the power increase with the asbestos phaseout, and these trucks have been known to go through a set of pads in as little as 10,000 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One streetable solution is racing-derived carbon-metallic brake compounds that improve stopping and pad longevity without seriously degrading &#8220;cold stop&#8221; performance, a problem traditionally associated with using full-metallic compounds on the street. A leading purveyor of carbon metallic compound pads for both street and racing use is Performance Friction. We decided to try a set on a &#8217;91 Syclone and see how they compared against a set of new service replacement GM pads in terms of overall stopping distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern front pad replacement is so simple, just about anyone can do it with just a few basic hand tools. But like any other automotive operation, there&#8217;s the &#8220;shadetree&#8221; method, and there&#8217;s the &#8220;correct method.&#8221; After all, when it comes to pulling out all the stops, you can&#8217;t afford any bad brakes. Here, Mike Doyle shows us some finer braking points as he refreshes the Syclone&#8217;s brakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Car-Craft-5-93.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Car Craft 5-93.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0f2d390f-ce2a-4e10-8428-5d138baf06f6\" href=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Car-Craft-5-93.pdf\">Car Craft 5-93<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sportmachines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Car-Craft-5-93.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0f2d390f-ce2a-4e10-8428-5d138baf06f6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car Craft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performance-upgrade-information","category-syclone","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3213,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/3213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportmachines.com\/wp-index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}