I really want to get different height tires on my car (also, I have ET streets that set the code at the track) and realize that if I go too radical, I will throw the ABS Inop light.

My question - what all does this light affect? I know ABS won't work but what else?

 

ABS will activate very easily. You're brakes modulators will not react correctly creating a pulsing sensation under a variety of braking conditions.

We've got an ABS delete kit that will eliminate your ABS and drop ~14 lbs from your front end while cleaning up the engine bay increasing air flow. If you don't want to do anything...at least you'll have to pull the ABS fuse.

 

I have seen you delete kits, but am not quite ready to bite that bullet. Other mods I want to do first.

Won't pulling the fuse cause the rear tires to lock up easier?

 

You may as well delete it as your not using it nor will it ever function as it was intended helping you controlling your braking. . Changing to drastically different tires completely changes your front to rear bias as well as the functionality of ABS.

Deleting ABS has no effect on normal driving and braking ability. You do most certainly need to add an adjustable proportioning valve to correctly bias your braking. The intended purpose of ABS is when you’re braking to the point of locking tires; you stop in a more controlled manor.

If you have never felt your brakes pulsing, you've never used your ABS...Removing it would reap no other changes. A benefit is that with our kits, you'll be able to bias your brakes manually for different brake/wheel combinations. This can be more efficient then using a stock setup with completely changed braking/tire combinations.

If you don't want to delete ABS as you mentioned, then you'll need to pull the fuse unless you like how the ABS attempts to correct your braking based on inaccurate feedback from your car...with it on will most certainly be more of a hindrance in your setup.

Pulling the fuse will disable the ABS motors from functioning. Your brake bias will still be off no matter what with your wheel setup if you do nothing...an adjustable proportioning valve will only help. Once the fuse is pulled, you now have ~14 lbs of dead weight with no benifits...at that point, removing it, cleaning up your engine bay, allowing you to manually adjust your brake bias via proportioning valve would be the logical next step.

I see many folks afraid to remove their ABS worrying their braking will be effected negatively. If you never used ABS, you'll never miss it. If you have drastically changed your car, the current ABS controllability is not setup correctly for the new combination.

Even though some folks feel the need for having it…they attempt to go through great lengths and expense on keeping it. ABS can be beneficial for stock setups, and folks using a car for daily driving all season conditions. Generally, across the board, most will never use it and never have a need for it. It’s a great selling point but in my opinion really has no warrant in most of the setups that many are creating on the boards.

There's probably 3 or more posts that have been posted within the past week or so...do they need their ABS? Have they ever used it and it helped them, probably not? Like mentioned, it can have benifits for a STOCK setup...to me, it is one more thing that you have to troubleshoot and creates more problems then its worth. Would I leave it on my daily driver sedan...certainly...on my performance car...no way.
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