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Old 02-22-2004, 02:45 PM
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Question When braking lightly on dry road, ABS engages?

The only thing I can think is that either a) one of my ABS sensors is damaged, or B) Since I put on the new tires (which are taller ET Streets) I need to adjust in Edit the new tire height. The PCM is somehow getting confused about the speed/tire rotations (due to the taller tire) and engaging ABS.

And P.S. I know I need to change anyway so the speedo is correct, and I know I could have changed it in Edit in the time it took to post this but the car is 50 miles away and I don't have access to it until next weekend.

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My car does that at the track with 26" ET Streets
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It will do that if you run different sized tires front and back.
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Is there any way to correct this?
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The outer dimensions of the tires need to be really close, otherwise it thinks the tire is out of control due to the difference in speeds. Same thing happens, when I try braking and a tire actual comes off the ground, the ABS computer goes ape-****.
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So, with ET Streets out back and stock F1s up front, there is no way to stop this from happening?
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Not unless the F1's are the same diameter as the ET streets. If the F1's are smaller, then the ABS computer will see them spinning faster that the rear tires.




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