RABS Valve Fitting Sizes?
11-16-2014, 02:37 PM
#11
Dailydriving300ci-of-fury
Thread Starter
It just snowed here yesterday actually, and it was slick as hell under the snow, so I got to have some fun with that. Crappy radials with like 4% tread + RWD = Fun In The Snow. Actually found myself driving through part of someones yard going downhill. Too slick for full brakes, so I was pumping like crazy at first, but gave up on them and just let the clutch back out and had the engine brake a bit and just coasted down the hill. Throughout my whole day and night of wreaking havoc throughout my town, I never once felt, or heard the ABS. On another note, I saw at least 6 or 7 near-accidents, and 2 actual accidents. Most of them were due to people holding their brakes. I don't understand how people don't realize that locked up tires have less traction than rolling tires, even on ice/snow. I know it's just reaction sometimes, but holding them ALL the way down a hill... Stumps me.
But on the ABS note: I don't even think you'd be able to feel the ABS work on the older gen fords with RABS I or II. It's really just a plunger inside of the valve that reads the rear axle speed and adjusts itself to restrict or open pressure. I don't believe you'll feel the brake peddle grind or back off, like you would in a newer model vehicle. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
