Ammco Still the Most Popular Brake Lathes

This picture shows an Accuturn Brake Lathe in use

Ammco remains the most popular manufacturer of brake drum and brake rotor lathes in the United States. Although sales of Accuturn brake lathes, like the one in the picture above has gained some ground over the years. The preferred method of machining rotors is on the car. Most shops don’t have anything but a standard combination brake drum and brake rotor lathe for machining. If you don’t have access to an “on the car” brake lathe for machining rotors at least mark the rotors so they can be placed back on the wheel hub in the same position.

This is called indexing. Usually I use a small bottle of white touch up paint and mark two wheel studs on one side and one stud on the other so I won’t mix up which side each rotor goes on. Brake lathes are most shop’s bread and butter. With increases in the technology of cars, one thing that is likely to stay pretty much the same is the friction portion of the brake system. Having a good quality brake lathe in the shop is sure to help any shop TURN a profit.

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT Pictures – Wow!

Wow, I saw this car at new car dealer (Citrus Chrysler in Dade City Florida) today and had to stop and take some pictures. I’m really not that big of a Mopar fan but man this car is really sweet.

The tail end of this car reminds me of a Pontiac Firebird. I love the retro look of a lot of the cars that are coming out lately. Hopefully gas prices will come down so these cars will sell and the manufacturers will continue with the trend of bringing back the muscle retro cars.

In comparison with the Challenger, this 1991 Firebird, picture courtesy of  How Stuff Works, shows very similar lines when looking at the tail light section.

This car has a 6.1 Hemi. This might be my next car. All I need is for gas prices to go down, a guy to buy this one new off the lot and keep in his garage for a few years until it depreciates enough so I can afford it! Meanwhile I’ll just have to keep my auto tools in the trunk of my beater and make it last until then.