RE: IML: Imperial ABS?

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

> From: Crestonave@xxxxxxx
> Subject: IML: Drums to Discs
>
> 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?

  Wow, that would be an ambitious project, indeed. Hydraulic pumps, 
sensors, plumbing, a computer to run it... I'm not going to say it's 
impossible, just incredibly dificult. I don't think there are any kits, a 
lot would probably have to be fabricated.

  You could probably get away with just doing the fronts, considering the 
wheelbase of an Imperial. Pickup trucks often only have rear ABS, since the 
poor weight distribution of an empty pickup often causes the rear wheels to 
lock way before the fronts.
   -Kle.
   '69 Crown 4DHT 




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