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RE: Traction control and ABS in S/P

To: "'Justin Hughes'" <ka1ult@channel1.com>, autox <autox@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: Traction control and ABS in S/P
From: "Stevens, Kevin" <kstevens@ventritex.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:43:41 -0700
>ABS is the same way.  In a threshold braking exercise I participated in a
>couple of months ago, we learned how to modulate the brake to prevent
>lockup, just like ABS does.  Several cars in my group had ABS, but the
>instructors suggested we all try the techniques regardless.  So a friend of
>mine tried it both ways in his VW Jetta GLX.  Stomping on the brake kicked
>in the ABS, which worked pretty well.  The next run he modulated the brake
>himself - and stopped even quicker!

And, pray tell, which of you "above average" autocrossers uses "stomping on
the brake" as a performance driving technique?  What happened to the third
test, where he modulated the brakes normally and simply used ABS instead of
wheel lockup to determine when he was over the edge?

KeS



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