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Tom, I have not seen any after-market anti-lock
brake systems available for any car much less an Imperial. For anti-lock
brakes to work each wheel needs to have sensors that monitor their movement.
There needs to be a set of pump motors that pump in a pulsating fashion to each
wheel, overriding your efforts with the brake pedal. And this is all
controlled by an on-board computer that thinks it knows how to stop better than
you do. All this was done to get around the fact
that most people have lost or never had the skill to modulate their brakes in
an emergency. Numerous tests over the years have shown that anti-lock
brakes are only effective in the rain. Manually operating your brakes on
all other surfaces (snow, ice, gravel, sand, etc) produces better results than
the anti-lock systems. Personally, if I could remove the
anti-lock system from my newer vehicles, I would. Ken 67 Crown 4 Dr Ht From:
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Behalf Of Crestonave@xxxxxxx I put disc brakes on the front of my 1960
Chrysler New Yorker so I don't see why one couldn't do the same with an
Imperial, all things being equal. I bought a kit on line. I don't remember the
name of the seller off the top of my head, but if and when I do I'll post it.
He may or may not have a kit that will work with an Imperial. This leads me to an question which I've
been curious about for several days since I had to "stand on" the
brakes on my 1968 Imp this past Sunday: can anti-lock braking be added, and is
it necessary that all four wheels have discs in order for anti-locking to work? Tom 1968 Imp Convert 1960 NYer Coupe |
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