Iron Dragon Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I spyed this on ebay ABS KIT Someone mentioned wanting ABS in an earlier post. Well there you go. Later, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 I've got a set of those in my basement. Were on my 72 l-28 for a season of autocross, totally useless. The only thing they did was intimidate the competition. Still ahve them if anyone wants them. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Interesting.... Mark, do you have the same kit? It looks a little skimpy to me, shouldn't there be wheel speed sensors, and a computer, and other goodies, or is this something else? working on different principles? maybe it's just not all in the picture? It would be sorta cool, if it's the whole kit, how much did you want, I might be interested. just wondering, Thanks, Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 If those are what I think they are it's not really ABS. Those are pressure resevoirs - th eidea is that the brakes never have a warp free surface. As I understand it as the warped part comes around it sends a pressure pulse back through the system - since your foot doesn't move (or even feel the small ones) the brake surface receives higher pressure and can lock up easier. These resevoirsvalves dampen that pressure pulse and prevent the lockup. That's my ROUGH understanding of these things having seen them reviewed in the distant past. Overall count me unimpressed. The review I read had them stopping a few feet quicker - but also mentioned changing brake pads and possibly tires so.... inconclusive to say the least. I believe it was Turbo Magazine that did this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 Blk - that's pretty much the theory behind them, and the Turbo Mag tests did change wheels and tires between the installed/not installed tests - the better tires were on the installed test. So as far as that test knew they could have (and probably did) made the stopping distances worse. I have been involved in ABS design/development for some time, and I know that at least one major ABS supplier has investigated these. They didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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