ABS conversion for LS
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: 09-13-06
Location: USA
Posts: 1,696
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ABS conversion for LS
hey is their anyway i can get abs put on my LS without abs? it would be nice to have that feature. anyone know if its possible to do so.
i found this forum stateing he swapped like an entire LT pcm for the LS and had problems. sorry i didnt read it in depth i may be incorrect in what im saying. https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...&highlight=ABS
so any thoughts or any help with this? how about cost? where to get it?
thanks
i found this forum stateing he swapped like an entire LT pcm for the LS and had problems. sorry i didnt read it in depth i may be incorrect in what im saying. https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...&highlight=ABS
so any thoughts or any help with this? how about cost? where to get it?
thanks
#2
Senior Member
With enough time and money, anything's possible, but I really don't think it's realistic. You'd have to know first of all whether the ability is there in the PCM, which I doubt it is. Then you'd have to switch PCMs (technically I'd think it's the BCM not PCM), then you'd have to install the wheel speed sensors, then you'd have to run all the wiring.....it's just not a DIY-friendly process.
#3
Senior Member
its in the bcm !! and you need all the lines the abs unit its self and complete body harness and all 4 spindels well the hubs at least thats where the sensor is on the wheels. i wouldent do it. for one to make it right like factory. you need a full doner car and thats not 2 cheap. besides i put it all in my car. it all worked great but it wouldent start. i think its the key and tunbler that i changed becouse i dident want to change door locks. there a chip in the key and the car learns that set of numbers.the numbers dident match and the car woulndent start. im trying i again in about 2 weeks sone as i finsh this Z24 3.1 engine. I am doing a bench rebuild. then ill have 2 cars again the short block is done now the rest.
#9
Get low
Join Date: 03-29-06
Location: Crystal lake, IL
Posts: 3,476
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
#10
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: 09-13-06
Location: USA
Posts: 1,696
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
but i want to start in the summer auto-x ing at professional tracks. does abs really have a big play in this? i think it does but again if im wrong please correct me
#14
Senior Member
ABS and racing = no. Its usually very distracting if it goes off. You should know your cars limits and use the brakes to actually help you corner and turn. Using your cars brakes for weight transfered in cornering is essential. Abs is not going to help with quicker lap times. Mine has been either disabled or removed from all of my cars. Its pretty much designed for the pedal mashers in emergency's to allow them to turn still without locking the brakes up. A skilled driver will keep the brakes on the edge of locking or use the locking to help them avoid the hazards or enter a corners properly.
#15
i hate abs mostly because of our vw r32, if the abs works for like 5 seconds or more all of the electical shuts off and you have to start the car again, i believe the car thinks its getting in a wreck. But in the same breath i dont mind it, because its not bad at all in our chevy's that we own
#17
Junior Member
Join Date: 07-19-06
Location: Milltown, NJ
Posts: 410
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i hate abs mostly because of our vw r32, if the abs works for like 5 seconds or more all of the electical shuts off and you have to start the car again, i believe the car thinks its getting in a wreck. But in the same breath i dont mind it, because its not bad at all in our chevy's that we own
I've never heard about the ABS shutting off the car. But it does seem logical for it to turn off the car to prevent fire when unconscious. But maybe its because you were in a high gear and the car was down to 5 mph while still in 4th gear or something lof that nature.
~~Alex
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post