Abs Removal. Yes Or No?
Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
From: Waterfiord, MI
I pulled the fuse and was done with it right after the second time the ABS tried to kill me!
Both times it was on the way to work when a couple of a-holes decided they wanted in my lane, now. Swerved into fast lane, brought it straight, but ABS decided to apply rear brakes - it became a wash, rinse, repeat cycle - as we slolomed down I-75.
Guess I could have made an attempt to fix the ABS, but it stops just fine - never have missed the damn thing.
EDIT: Removing the ABS also got rid of that nasty wheel hop.
Both times it was on the way to work when a couple of a-holes decided they wanted in my lane, now. Swerved into fast lane, brought it straight, but ABS decided to apply rear brakes - it became a wash, rinse, repeat cycle - as we slolomed down I-75.
Guess I could have made an attempt to fix the ABS, but it stops just fine - never have missed the damn thing.
EDIT: Removing the ABS also got rid of that nasty wheel hop.
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 4,985
From: Denver, CO
I dunno about you guys, but I hit my ABS on a daily basis. Pirelli PZero Nero's. On the highway at high speed and when the roads aren't all hot and sticky, I lay into the brakes and I'm ALWAYS on the verge of traction loss. The ABS kicks in all the time and makes my driving more effficient. That way I can just slam the brakes and let the ABS do the work. There's no need to compensate for changes in temperature, tire pressure, surface type, etc. The best preformance from a vehicle exists at the limit of it's capabilities - The ABS keeps my brakes at that limit without overcoming the threshold.
Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
From: Waterfiord, MI
Originally Posted by rfreeman27' date='Dec 24 2004, 11:59 AM
When rear tires began to spin at launch, ABS would hit rear brakes, then let off, then tires spin, then ABS hits em again, and so on till the wheels were hopping like a bunny.
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 33
From: Waterfiord, MI
Originally Posted by Sinful7' date='Dec 24 2004, 01:21 PM
I dunno about you guys, but I hit my ABS on a daily basis. Pirelli PZero Nero's. On the highway at high speed and when the roads aren't all hot and sticky, I lay into the brakes and I'm ALWAYS on the verge of traction loss. The ABS kicks in all the time and makes my driving more effficient. That way I can just slam the brakes and let the ABS do the work. There's no need to compensate for changes in temperature, tire pressure, surface type, etc. The best preformance from a vehicle exists at the limit of it's capabilities - The ABS keeps my brakes at that limit without overcoming the threshold.
I agree; when they work, they're great; when they don't, they suck and WILL put you violently out of control. Especially bad with the FD because, unlike the fronts, which are independent, the rear is mono. It does both rears no matter which wheel looses traction. Check out the recient video post HERE, near the end where the Silver FD goes into a bad oversteer. Could be too much car & not enough driver. But the way the STI and other FD handled suggests to me that it was all the ABS's fault.
Never had a problem with my 93, but the 94 was pathetic. I could have tried to tweak it, but decided that it just wasn't worth the hassle; besides, I wasn't sure I could survive the test phase.
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Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 19
Originally Posted by rfreeman27' date='Dec 23 2004, 01:40 PM
The car is going to make 650 easily, jerico 4 speed tranny with a doublextreme ACT clutch and sintered iron disc....yeah its not exactly DD material :happy:
It would make the linelock install way easier, and not to mention the space I gain/weight I remove. I think the ABS pump and **** is like 35 lbs!
It would make the linelock install way easier, and not to mention the space I gain/weight I remove. I think the ABS pump and **** is like 35 lbs!