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OldGuyMar-21-04 09:54 AM
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#23106, "RE: upgrading brakes on a dsm is pointless."
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 Mar-21-04 09:56 AM by RickyMeeses

          

Originally posted by chrysler kid
remeber tho on a mustang it has traction control and has abs. upgrading brakes pads and calipers really wont change your stopping distance. there is only so hard the calipers can push on the rotors and the pads before they lock. i suppose with a bigger caliper and a wider pad and larger rotors with an abs system you could see some benefit


Let me try this again. Traction control on Fords and many other cars is in a sense ABS in reverse. Traction control isolates the drive wheel brakes from the non-drive and applies the brakes to prevent wheel slippage or traction loss. ABS uses solenoids to control the fluid pressure to prevent rapid loss of motion of the wheel. In other words it allows the wheels to keep turning without completely stopping while still slowing down. It does this by pulsing the pressure the driver is applyiing on the pedal through a dump valve, accumulator and numerous other components. If the brakes completely lock without letting go, there is a problem with the ABS system and the ABS light illuminates. Same principle for traction control. If the system is working properly, the brakes should never lock. With or without an ABS system, larger rotors, and pads with matching calipers WILL provide better stopping for ANY vehicle it is installed on. Another thing that benefits braking is the driver learning what his vehicle is and is not capable of as well as driving within those limits. Go outside them and I don't care what you are driving, you will cease to have that car and quite possibly your life or someone elses.
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upgrading brakes is pointless. [View all] , chrysler kid, Mar-20-04 09:53 PM
  RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Nackers, Mar-20-04 10:01 PM, #1
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., RickyMeeses, Mar-21-04 02:55 AM, #2
      RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., eclipse_99rs, Mar-21-04 04:27 AM, #3
           RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., a_miller_76, Mar-21-04 04:43 AM, #4
                RE: upgrading brakes on a dsm is pointless., chrysler kid, Mar-21-04 06:31 AM, #5
                     RE: upgrading brakes on a dsm is pointless., Teametx, Mar-21-04 06:50 AM, #6
                     RE: upgrading brakes on a dsm is pointless., WickedESi, Mar-21-04 07:19 AM, #7
                     RE: upgrading brakes on a dsm is pointless., RickyMeeses, Mar-21-04 09:54 AM #8
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., gilee_8, Mar-21-04 09:54 AM, #9
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., bullox, Mar-21-04 10:04 AM, #10
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., a_miller_76, Mar-21-04 10:25 AM, #11
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., GhEttOrAiD, Apr-03-04 07:17 PM, #36
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., TeamAvenger, Mar-21-04 11:45 AM, #12
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Nackers, Mar-21-04 02:47 PM, #13
      RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Uberingram, Mar-21-04 09:05 PM, #14
           RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., RickyMeeses, Mar-22-04 01:37 AM, #15
                RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Vigo, Mar-22-04 09:22 AM, #16
                     RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., The1Bill, Mar-22-04 09:38 AM, #17
                     RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Skrilla, Mar-23-04 07:42 AM, #18
                          RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., turbo8u, Mar-23-04 08:08 AM, #19
                               RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., eclipse_99rs, Mar-23-04 04:31 PM, #20
                                    RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., thedawg, Mar-23-04 10:37 PM, #21
                                         RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Mystic511, Mar-24-04 09:55 AM, #22
                                              RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., jamesman, Mar-25-04 05:26 AM, #23
                                                   RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., pn0ymahal, Mar-25-04 05:59 AM, #24
                                                   RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., thedawg, Mar-25-04 10:51 AM, #28
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Super20G, Mar-25-04 06:25 AM, #25
RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Super20G, Mar-25-04 09:38 AM, #26
      RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., turbo8u, Mar-25-04 09:52 AM, #27
           RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., Super20G, Mar-25-04 02:40 PM, #29
                RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., turbo8u, Mar-25-04 03:07 PM, #30
                     RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., HadesOmega, Mar-25-04 09:03 PM, #31
                          RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., The1Bill, Mar-26-04 12:54 PM, #32
                               RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., MCubed45, Mar-30-04 01:57 AM, #33
                                    RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., jamesman, Mar-30-04 09:09 AM, #34
                                         RE: upgrading brakes is pointless., MCubed45, Apr-02-04 04:48 PM, #35

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