What effect do Big Brake Kits have on ABS and traction control systems?
In the mid to late 80’s car companies started building ABS systems into almost all of their production cars. Over the years even the most sceptical realized that this technology could out perform human input shortening panic stop situations while leaving the car steerable and heading in the drivers intended direction. So what does this have to do with big brake kits? From the 80’s to today computing powers have increased 100 fold and the ABS no longer waits to see a wheel skid to react. This is where improperly engineered, so called, Big Brake Kits reek havoc on the ABS control module often increasing braking distances substantially. Why you ask? In short the ABS module is programmed and designed with the capabilities of the OEM caliper, rotor and tire and unlike the first systems installed on production cars the modern system ca anticipate the potential for loss of traction within 5 to 10 m/s. Just to give you and example the human eye blinks at 300 to 400m/s. So in this scenario you
