Shinare
11-07-2011, 05:22 PM
Was wondering if I could trade my "pro-lock" brakes to some ABS or something by adding/swapping some easy parts? Just a dream probably.... heh
A-Dingo-Ate-My-Baby
11-07-2011, 05:56 PM
Oh adding ABS is easy as anything else.
You just remove a TON of components, install the ABS, and put it back together.
Define easy:
just some bolts, wires, tools, brake lines, pump and valve body, and intermediate auto knowledge ? yes
takes all day or several days ? yes
need many new expensive parts and new electrical harnesses and switches ? yes
might not meet the definition of 'easy' depending on your day job
if you were an electrical/mechanical engineer with tools, you could install your own home-grown
sensors to determine 4 wheel speed and integrate that with the transmission speed output and
install your own pump valve, and then spec and build a controller circuit, but by then you could
get a car with ABS built in. again..define easy. this would be 'easy to do' for CTScott but take a
metric f**kton of time of time to execute safely.
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find a wrecked Yaris with ABS and strip it, and swap all working parts... would be the cheapest way to go
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