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Re: Traction control and ABS in S/P

To: "autox" <autox@autox.team.net>, <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Traction control and ABS in S/P
From: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:45:26 -0400
>And, pray tell, which of you "above average" autocrossers uses "stomping on
>the brake" as a performance driving technique?

Not I, ABS or not.  This was simply part of the test.

>What happened to the third
>test, where he modulated the brakes normally and simply used ABS instead of
>wheel lockup to determine when he was over the edge?


A very good question - that would have been a good thing to try, and
unfortunately he didn't think of it.  Since all the cars I normally drive
are non-ABS, I'm not in a position to test this myself.

    - Justin


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