[Shop-talk] ABS ( was Re: Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues )

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, David Hillman wrote:
>    A regular driver may not beat good ABS, but a good driver will tie 
> with good ABS all day long.  ABS only helps when you've already screwed 
> up, by definition.
>
>    Personally, I can't get into ABS in any vehicle, unless I consciously 
> try to.  After ice-racing ( without ABS obviously ) for years, 'stomp 
> the brakes' isn't in my feets' vocabulary.  Now that we tripled the 
> power in our iceracer, I'm developing a more gentle throttle foot, too 
> ;)

I find ABS to be the most helpful when I'm entering a corner trailbraking, 
and I want the outside front wheel to be braking at max capacity rather 
than the inside front wheel.

You can't do that without ABS in most cars (perhaps all, but I don't know 
what some crazy race engineer might have figured out).

Mark