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Originally Posted by Kodename47
Check out Fensport's car here in the UK. Its a turbo track car (GT86R) and he runs the Toyota Sprint Series. He removed the ABS fuse and did nothing but slow him down. The brakes just liked to lock up and made the car unstable.
http://www.gt86ownersclub.co.uk/foru...able+ABS#49563 |
Thanks for this.
Their experience is what I anticipated.
When ABS systems were first implemented on road cars by Audi and Mercedes, I think(?), they had switches for the driver to turn ABS OFF. I remember that the racing Corvettes had ABS OFF switches many years ago. An interesting Car & Driver(?) article had a journalist riding along with a Corvette factory driver at a race track, the driver spun and smacked into the Armco barrier. He said "Oops, I forgot I had ABS turned ON." The ABS took him right into the barrier.
With further advancements in technology I suspect that all of these systems are integrated into a design that no longer permits one to turn OFF the ABS safely; other required systems are dependent on the ABS functioning.
Bosch Motorsport offers a racing ABS system, albeit at $8000+. But, even their far more sophisticated system is apparently not without some problems. Porsche 911 drivers still experience "ice mode" under some conditions even with the expensive Bosch system.
I guess I'll just have to abandon any thought of turning ABS OFF.