Aftermarket ABS

[niky]

Maybe it's a valve-proportioning system, like Ghosthunter was talking about.

Looking at it, all it does is reduce oil pressure to keep brakes from locking up. In other words, you're not getting 100% stopping power.

Like I said, if you're locking your brakes, you're either driving too fast or your tires have absolutely no grip. We used to have two Sentras. Identical year models, except one had ABS and "comfort" tires, one without ABS and "sports" tires. The one with sports tires would lock-up sometimes under very heavy braking, but it always stopped in a shorter distance, and never spun out.

The one with "comfort" tires and ABS had very long stopping distances. And I almost spun out once at 60 (!!!) Km/h by swerving to avoid a dog.

When you have slippery tires, you skid. When you have slippery tires and ABS, the ABS will activate almost constantly, and your car will take forever to stop. Yes, you can steer. But if you try to steer under braking and you have slippery tires, guess what? Yup. You'll still lose control because you have no grip.

How do you brake? You should always leave enough room between yourself and the car in front so that you have time to react and brake. You should focus on braking in a straight line, never while turning. Braking while turning causes the rear tires to unload, which is why your car spins. If you have to turn to avoid an obstacle, let off the brakes a little to get some load back on to the rear tires as you turn.

Again: Forget the aftermarket ABS. Drive slower, don't tailgate. Get better tires. ;)