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Old 06-21-2012, 11:40 AM   #51
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Do any of you track rats disable your ABS at the track? Obviously on the newer cars you almost can't shut any of the driving aids off....but is that something you'd find valuable for track days? I find it's pretty hard to lock up or engage the ABS on my MkIV without hitting a road hazard, but reading these posts it sounds like many of you lock em up regularly.

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There are some cars that have crappy ABS. And some times changes in brake bias can screw up how well the systems work on some cars. But there are very few chassis that I would prefer to defeat the ABS then have it running in the background. The last time attack supra I drove, I got into the ABS intentionally from high speed as it was the fastest way to slow it down. S2k ABS is incredible. I know teams that are retrofitting S2K ABS to other cars. Most systems don't work as well as these two do, and they may upset the chassis when activated, but unless tires are free, and there are walls around, I'd prefer it there to bail me out...
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