Ok so the RS has a unique ABS/brake set up, thats a given. I must admit to thinking that the ABS controller had different firmware. But as far as i am aware there is only one part number for the controller. So maybe not ?
ABS- is there a difference ?????
- Thread starter Laurence Gibbs
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Ok so the RS has a unique ABS/brake set up, thats a given. I must admit to thinking that the ABS controller had different firmware. But as far as i am aware there is only one part number for the controller. So maybe not ?
I am of the same opinion about it's use on track. I guess that's why the cup cars had a switch to turn it off ? I have read that it can be problematic if your in a spin too.
Hacki
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The first Cup cars had a switch in the dash and another one on the master cylinder that worked when the driver hit the brake pedal with max. power like in a spin. In the race they used ABS, and some drivers had problems to get used to it. It wasn´t only the beginning of ABS technology, the drivers didn´t know how to use it either. At the end of the day it had to be used, because the driver could brake deeper into the corners - even with this slow ABS, compared to today´s systems. I´m happy to have it, it makes braking easier, as said esp. in the wet. But also in the dry it´s fine, the car keeps controlable under braking - i. e. steering is still posssible. The only time that real problems might occur is on a very bumpy track like the Nordschleife. But one gets used to that also - to summarize it, I think it´s a big Advantage.
Rgds,
Hacki
Rgds,
Hacki
Interested to hear what others think?
Agree with comment on a bumpy track. Maybe I just cant get used to the system.....conversely the ABS on my Cayenne (yes Cayenne) is SOOO much better and unintrosive. The rest of the RS handling traits add to the experience and dont age the car badly. I think the ABS does. It makes the car dated, but not in a good way.
Agree with comment on a bumpy track. Maybe I just cant get used to the system.....conversely the ABS on my Cayenne (yes Cayenne) is SOOO much better and unintrosive. The rest of the RS handling traits add to the experience and dont age the car badly. I think the ABS does. It makes the car dated, but not in a good way.
Hacki
Active member
Understood, Hugh - yes, that is an old system and compared to those of today it´s like candlelight and AUDI´s LED in Le Mans. In the early 90s -if memory serves correctly- those, who switched it off, learned that competitive racing wasn´t possible without (even this) ABS.
When I had my first driver´s courses some 20+ years ago, I saw that drivers without ABS had more problems than I had. So I never tried my car without ABS. Also, when Porsche delivered my Cup car (it must have been one of the very first ones, which were street legal), they had taken out the switches and delivered the switch in the dash separately. The former Chris Whittle car (blue) had that switch as an extra - a well known German race driver was the first owner, he may have thought that without ABS is the better way to go. As he was a Nordschleife specialist, that may well have been right.
So, why not go his way, Hugh? It should be easy - have that switch installed in the dash and there you go!
Regards,
Hacki
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