Howdy,
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, David Hillman wrote:
> A regular driver may not beat good ABS, but a good driver will tie
> with good ABS all day long. ABS only helps when you've already screwed
> up, by definition.
>
> Personally, I can't get into ABS in any vehicle, unless I consciously
> try to. After ice-racing ( without ABS obviously ) for years, 'stomp
> the brakes' isn't in my feets' vocabulary. Now that we tripled the
> power in our iceracer, I'm developing a more gentle throttle foot, too
> ;)
I find ABS to be the most helpful when I'm entering a corner trailbraking,
and I want the outside front wheel to be braking at max capacity rather
than the inside front wheel.
You can't do that without ABS in most cars (perhaps all, but I don't know
what some crazy race engineer might have figured out).
Mark
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