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And he's been on holiday!ORIGINAL: 944Turbo Busy Summer! [
Hi there, follow the rebuild with great interest. Slightly confused as to why you would want to go to the trouble of retro fitting ABS in the couple of S2 i have driven the ABS is not great. Its extra weight to carry and the sensors will at some time fail and cost to replace. In my and it is my opinion the effort involved is too great for the end product. Interested to hear your thoughts? regards
like myself George 944tORIGINAL: George Elliott Steve, I agree your comments, and find myself questioning why add abs. Then I read your Volvo comments and smile to myself Then I see the Stratos reference, and I understand......not really an abs type client
] How about adding Air Bag system to it, we have all necessary 968 parts available..[]ORIGINAL: os951 It's mainly a safety issue. Owner of this 951 is my 23 year old son, who have almost none experience of driving a rear wheel drive cars. 951 will have over 300 hp and i am a little bit concerned how my son can handle it. When 951 ABS system is in good condition, it works just great. We have had all kind of brake caliper conversions with it (in some other 951's), like GT2 calipers, and even with those ABS works great. What comes to labor, well , i suppose we have done already quite a lot, so adding ABS, is not a big deal. What comes to weight, you can turn more boost [
] I suppose it's mainly because he weights a lot less than me... I have driven several 951's & S2's with ABS and all of these cars performed just fine what comes to ABS system. I have studied possibility to use newer ABS system. Early Boxster & 996 system is more or less standalone system like 944 ABS is. These are a bit faster than old 944 systems. My friend said he can easilly CNC mill sensor rings which can be fitted to 951 hubs (Boxster have different amount of teeth on ring). Might be possible we go to this newer system, have already Boxster ABS computer & pump available. Here's 951/S2 hubs my friend fabricates with sensor ring 
] I have to say, ABS is a life saver - old or new systems. I once saw a certain accident avoided by a 1986 Granada with the brake lights on, weight transfer fully forward and half a turn of lock on, it steered around the accident. Years later I was forced to do the same in an A4 1.8T Quattro, I steered so violently left at 50mph that the guy in the passenger seat came over where I was and my shoulder was against the door glass. (RHDrive car). I felt a blip from the middle pedal during this but was able to steer as the wheels did not lock, (and the four cylinder engined A4 was a great driving car - light front). No question I would have T-Boned a spinning-top Mazda at huge closing speed, in the dark, without ABS. On a circuit, ABS may not be essential, but in a random 500 thousand miles of driving, there may be a 2 second interval where it is essential. I remember the M25 around London in the mid 80's when many cars had no ABS, there were 100 metre plus pairs of black lines everywhere. Some spiral shaped, some straight, some crossing over each other, some stopping suddenly[]. Not nice. I guess you have a point Oli, I have 2 boys age 14 & 15 years and I would share your concern with a 944T in the wet. Now you can tell me what Traction Control System you have planned - probably 997 PDK Launch on a 944T?[8|] George 944T
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