LJS30
Well-Known Member
Have any of you guys installed an anti-lock brake system in your A-body? I know we do a lot of things to modernize our street cars but I haven't noticed anyone doing this kind of mod yet.
the reason people dont do this is because of the super complex computer system that is needed to run these systems...
so that and then you have to know how to tune it...
besides... it wont make you stop faster in dry weather
I figured that might be a reason. However I ask because I think we have some pretty resourceful guys on this forum who have done some amazing things with their rides.
besides... it wont make you stop faster in dry weather
At the risk of startin a war, the main reason for ABS is not to stop quicker, it is to maintain control during a panic stop.
Corvette used to give the Viper fits in the road race series (SCCA?) because the Vette had ABS
For what they cost, they should come with an extra blonde just to run the brake pedal
Checked into Viper ABS and the best I can do to support it was on wiki. Looks like it must have been an option in 2000 or something like that. I'm was watching a race when they were talking about it, but I thought it was much more recent than that.
Vipers currently have ABS and I know for a fact it has been since the intro of the Gen 3 in 2003, but the later Gen 2's may also have had them. They also have, and always had, power brakes. Hence my build will have Viper brakes around and ABS. I've already got the controller/pump, brakes and everything else.
The trick isn't quite as easy as Lakeeffect has mentioned, but if you do your research, it's not too complicated either. One of the head engineers at Art Morrison was an early adopter in his Camaro and from his research and work with GM, there are a number of algorithms built into the controller to "calibrate" everything correctly. Best scenario is to find a vehicle with the same size wheels/tires that you want to run, and pull the ABS from that. But before you do, do some checking with the manufacturer to make sure the controller is separate than the ECM (though you can probably find that out visually) and also make sure the controller bases it's algorithms on wheel/tire size and not also weight or some other random variable that is totally different than our little A-bodies. Again, from my research, most seem to be based on wheel/tire size.
part of those algorithms are vehicle weight, wheels base, 100's of other variables that the computer uses to decide what to do...
Do you know what that would take? Different hubs with sensors, Modern pos rear end, with the sensor; computer.