it sure is your brakes... i replaced my rear brake pads and actually had to replace the whole drive side rear caliper... i was goin about 40 down the road to my house and wasnt payin attention and had to push the brakes a little too hard like a day after i put the pads and caliper on and when i got out of my car at home it smelt the smell you did.. kinda smells like someone has been welding around your car right?

 

Don't race a car that isn't meant for racing. You won't get that smell anymore.

 

If it is a standard then you may have down shifted and the clutch is slipping. Bad smell is the result. Also per above, brakes will give a foul odour as well.

DO NOT RACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards

Brian

 

It may be the brakes, if it warms uproll downthe windows see if you can smell it at a traffic light. I just went through replacing a frozen brake calipar and the wheel was a mildly warmer than the others due to radiant heat.

-Dan

 

yeah, burnt up pads have a real unique smell to them, as coolant has its unique smell to it. my guess would be the brakes, or if you are shifting hard, could be the clutch you are smelling...

 

Its actually an auto. So no shifting done on myy part..

And yes to the description on how its as if someone was welding around my car.

thanks guys

 

if it is that kind of dentist office type smell, it is almost 100 percent the brakes. just replaced the pads and turned the rotors on my gfs cougar, and thats what it smelled like.

 

Mustangs from 94 and up didn't have drum brakes...