Non-ABS to ABS, Conversion worth it Options

[gamesteristj]

How hard would it be to convert a non abs to abs and if possible can anyone give me a list of things I would need other than cash.
TJ

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Actually, locking your brakes means your transition from rolling friction to sliding friction, and sliding friction on your tires doesn't generate the same kind of heat as can be generated by the sliding friction between your rotor/drum and pads/shoes. It's the transition from kinetic to thermal energy (moving wheel to hot brake) that slows the car. Locking your brakes means you generate less heat, but much more importantly it means you lose all steering.

If jamming your brakes and using your tires to create friction was a more efficient means of stopping than using your brakes to create friciton, it wouldn't take Mario Andretti to beat an ABS car in a stopping contest.
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If you use non-abs cars properly, you can stop quicker than an ABS car, but you still won't be able to turn wile doing it. Sure, if you just hammer on the brake, ABS will make you stop quicker. If you don't believe me, try it yourself. Esecially in gravel or dirt. A lot of ABS systems really don't work well at all in gravel and dirt. I still love my ABS, but for it's good points.

I don't have ABS and I love it, I definatley feel like I have more control over my car while braking hard. If I do lock up my breaks and skid that would be my fault. ABS in my opinion gives drivers a false sense of security while in reality taking away from the absolute control of the vehicle.
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Traction controle also takes away from drivers control, but it still helps you out. Automatics take away from driver control, but sometimes they're better. In the racing world, it's not about how much control you have, it's about how fast you go. And besides that, if you know how to use things properly, then you are still in complete control.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Jul 10, 2005 - 3:02 PM

[blu94gt]

In the racing world, it's not about how much control you have, it's about how fast you go.  And besides that, if you know how to use things properly, then you are still in complete control.
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Which racing world are we talking about here? If you're ever not in control of the car then that's not really going to do much good. Yes a lot of professional racing divisions etc are using more and more computerized traction control, etc but I don't really care for it. IMO it should be the driver in absolute control of the car. I hate driving an automatic because I don't have direct control of the throttle-transmission etc, don't like ABS because I feel that I can stop my car much faster on my own, and don't like traction control because most of the traction control cars I've driven (granted this is just like a standard GM factory control, not some hi-tech racing one) I've been able to correct the car before the traction control.

And I do believe there are still many many professional racing divisions that rely on a lot of car control rather than computer control