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1. Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Matthew Rehrer <mrehrer@rehrer.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:18:12 -0800; This questions may be too generic to answer definitively however that just shows how badly I need opinions. If I have a car with ABS that cannot be disabled is it reasonable for me to assume that th; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00191.html (8,051 bytes)
2. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:53:40 -0800; The answer to your question depends on the car in question. A basic ABS system senses whether you are locking up one or more wheels during braking and cuts brake pressure to those wheels. This is don; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00193.html (10,340 bytes)
3. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:01:04 -0800 (PST); No. - ABS is not necessarily superior to manual threshold braking, though it should be close for most conditions. This is the lesser of the reasons. - Slamming on the brakes will cause the front bra; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00194.html (10,995 bytes)
4. Re:Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Richard Urschel" <osp13@mybluelight.com>; Date: 25 Mar 2003 01:15:00 -0000; The secret to good braking is to both apply and release the brake pedal progressively and smoothly. Slamming on the brakes slams the weight of the car forward onto the front suspension and creates o; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00195.html (9,491 bytes)
5. RE: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Allendorfer, Peter" <Peter@regionofdoom.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:33:26 -0800; Have you looked in the fuse box under the hood to locate the ABS fuse? Did you try pulling it to see if you can still stop afterwards??? That will disable just about every ABS system I have seen. -P; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00196.html (8,155 bytes)
6. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:25:59 -0800; All I'm familiar with treat each front wheel as a separate channel. Some treat both rear wheels as one. Please clarify your question. "The above" addresses a number of different points. KeS; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00199.html (9,949 bytes)
7. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:33:45 -0800; Disabling ABS is legal in Street Prepared, but not in Stock classes. KeS; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00200.html (8,727 bytes)
8. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:11:22 -0800; Not necessarilly. Engaging ABS in the dry will result in slightly longer stopping distances than "perfect' non-ABS stops. The basic reason for this situation is that ABS systems, when they sense (im; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00201.html (10,267 bytes)
9. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: jeff@winchell.org; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:33:03 -0800 (PST); Last year, my ESP Mustang had no ABS and it sometimes locked up in the rear, sometimes in the front. This year, I put in the ABS from a 98 Mustang Cobra and the ABS has independent adjustments for f; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00206.html (9,434 bytes)
10. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Larrybsp@aol.com; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:26:00 EST; Mathew, ABS is not the hot set up for any auto competition driving. Once it activates the driver is disconnected from the brakes. ABS systems used to be dangerously slow but with improved microproces; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00208.html (10,268 bytes)
11. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:39:45 -0800 (PST); Thanks, Jeff. I thought I *had* said some useful things about ABS generically, so I'm glad you corrected my misconception. KeS; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00209.html (10,175 bytes)
12. RE: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Paul Stubbs <paul@sfotrading.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:53:59 -0800; Jeff's last comment is about the best I have seen on this topic, it really depends on the car. When I was involved in touring car racing in Australia we had our ABS disabled (and removed for weight); /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00210.html (11,102 bytes)
13. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:09:17 -0800 (PST); Can you legally disable ABS in a stock class? I don't care for ABS, because it's different every time. The later and harder you try to brake, the worse it is. -Katie == Katie Kelly Guilt slows your m; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00211.html (8,796 bytes)
14. RE: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:17:45 -0800 (PST); I just don't believe the car knows better than I do. I like to brake in a straight line, sure, but as late as possible. ABS doesn't let me do that. I brake hard and the pedal starts shaking the the c; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00212.html (9,502 bytes)
15. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Richard Urschel" <osp13@mybluelight.com>; Date: 25 Mar 2003 19:41:51 -0000; On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:09:17 -0800 (PST) Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com> Katie, Noone can prevent you from blowing a fuse on your last run. ;-) Rich Sign up for Internet Service under $10 dollar; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00215.html (8,923 bytes)
16. RE: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Jim Ochi <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:01:27 -0800; All I know is that when my ABS decided to take a vacation, a certain someone flat-spotted a perfect set of R tires right down to the cords... Jim; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00216.html (9,220 bytes)
17. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Matthew Rehrer <mrehrer@rehrer.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:13:42 -0800; Qualitatively this is exactly my feeling about ABS on my car. It just seems that the later and harder I brake the more poor my stopping distance. I will have to experiment with more gradual and deli; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00217.html (9,058 bytes)
18. RE: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:25:28 -0800 (PST); But I didn't KNOW it took a vacation! Until it was too -Katie; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00218.html (8,675 bytes)
19. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:42:58 -0800; If you run out into the dirty line, it's all over especially if you have ABS. Out of curiosity, what car were you driving? Some cars' ABS systems are more annoying than others'. -- john@idsfa.net Joh; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00220.html (8,799 bytes)
20. Re: Braking performance and ABS (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:55:54 -0800 (PST); But they can protest the car afterward for being in a non-factory approved configuration. Or probably protest the driver for violating the sportsmanship clause if they clearly intended to cheat, as; /html/ba-autox/2003-03/msg00222.html (8,644 bytes)

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