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Old Aug 30, 2003 | 02:09 AM
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Removal of ABS

Anyone have any info on removing the ABS off of a 93'
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Old Sep 1, 2003 | 03:24 PM
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Why would you want to do that?
I know there is a few things on this forum about the removal and somebody on the other forum (N0PIST0NS) had a nice writeup.
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Old Sep 1, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Stopping

Well i don't drive the car in the rain and this is the first car that i have kept the ABS in, but it is not necessary if you know how to brake properly, plus eliminating the ABS under the hood will free up som space for some other things. So I am just looking for info on elimating the ABS in the RX. Take a look at the Apexi Rx-7 drift car in Japan, no ABS. Leading the drift class also.
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 09:14 AM
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Re: Stopping

Originally posted by Northwest FD3S
Take a look at the Apexi Rx-7 drift car in Japan, no ABS. Leading the drift class also.
So that automatically makes ABS a bad idea?
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 10:21 AM
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No, I think it makes for more room when You start to mod the hell out of the car there is not enough room for all the parts under the hood. With the ABS unit gone there is room for numerous boxes in that location. Plus who uses the ABS anyways?
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Old Sep 2, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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ABS

In the 4 years of hard driving my car (summer) i have never been in ABS mode, Actually i have only been in ABS mode once in my 2000 Ford Explorer and it almost caused me to crash into the car in front of me. By removing the ABS there is a huge space created for new more usefull parts. Oil Catch can etc. By removing the ABS it won't affect your braking just when you lock up your brakes.
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Old Sep 3, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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I still think ABS is worth it's weight in gold, but here are two write-ups on removal.
Here and Here
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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 12:29 AM
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Just unbolt all the factory brake lines that use the abs pump from the car, remove pump, remove abs computer, install new non-abs lines from mazda (they are cheap new).
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Old Sep 5, 2003 | 08:20 AM
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I'd recommend re-proportioning the front/rear bias as the rear is heavily biased in the FD, & without ABS you're likely to lock up the rear way before the front. This wastes braking energy.
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