ntsqd said:
This is the part about brake mods that always makes me uneasy. I wish that I could say "use X calipers, Y booster, and Z m/c and all will be good." Since they are a system that is designed as such, mods have to consider the whole thing. When race type parts and OE type parts are in the mix is when things get really interesting......
Its a gamble but after looking at what I did and the cross referencing I basically put a 92 brake system on except the booster. The rear brakes spec out about the same and the master id delivering more to both ends so it seems to have stayed balanced.
As for ABS....its for people that can't drive. I HATE it.
GM ABS is the worst. I keep unplugging it on my company trucks. The 95 Van I drove for a while it twice almost got me in a accident. It was single channel system. Any wheel locks it backs off the pressure on all wheels. Once I was exiting the hwy one back wheel was on a little dirt right on the white line and it released the front brakes as I was coming to a stop when the right rear locked. Almost shot out into traffic.
I pulled into the next gas station and unplugged it.
About 6 moths later on the other side of the bridge from the first time it almost got me I had a girl blow a red light. I slammed on the brakes and honest I felt I had plenty of time to stop. All of a sudden the peddle starts it vibrating and drops to the floor and it felt like I was on ice. From 30 mph I could not stop the truck till I had completely clear the intersection. That speed I should have been able to stop in 1/3 the distance.
Seems the previous service on the truck some doo gooder mechanic noticed the ECM under the hood hanging on the side of the master unplugged and hooked it back up for me in a attempt to kill me. I went strait to the dealer and raised immortal hell! :ar15:
GM has been sued multiple times over that crappy ABS system.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19961004/news02126.html
They like to blame the wheel sensors when its really a problem that its single channel instead of each wheel being on its own channel operating independently. It comes down to single channel is a LOT cheaper to make but it gives people a false sense of security becasue under many conditions it actually makes stopping distances increase..
This is more like what I have experienced in this one.
http://scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/NH/96-10/96-10-03/0020.html