as ford fiesta is a front wheel driven vehicle, 70% of the braking power is from the front and 30% is from the rear...heck even sylphy is a 2.0 and it's on a drum brake, so its not really a big deal..

under heavy braking however, disc brakes offer better heat dissipation as opposed to drums which are enclosed in the metal case itself.. cars in the older days were running on all 4 drum brakes both front and back, VW beetle is one of them. However brake fade is very noticeable when it heats up, hence that's why we have discs as standards now for most cars..

This post has been edited by keagan: Nov 20 2010, 01:15 PM