ABS ? Power Steering?

[iDriver]

Hi Guy's,

Ok, here is where I m at, I recently bought a part built venom GT2 kit which has all Granada breaks and hubs front and rear installed. It has a ford v6 installed as is the Gearbox, diff, powersteering rack, wiring loom and steering column.

The frame is made from box section of about 40mm sq.

It was bought for the right price as a donor vehicle and I would be quids in even if I only use the 4 corners, Diff and shafts.

I have even looked at chopping the chassis so it is more or less the same shape as a haynes roadster, all be it the steelwork would be heavier, there would be less of it. Still thinking on that aspect of it..

Anyway, my questions are these at present, do you lot who use don parts from vehicles that had ABS actually reinstall the ABS on your kits or just bin it and stick with good old standard brake systems?

Do any of you use power steering?

Cheers

Mark

[K4KEV]

Hi Mark....I do not know of any roadsters that have utilized any ABS or PS it just does not warrant it

[iDriver]

Originally Posted by K4KEV

Hi Mark....I do not know of any roadsters that have utilized any ABS or PS it just does not warrant it

Cheers Kev, thats good news on the ABS front, I hated the thought of messing with all that wiring and sensors, not ideal news on the PS front as it means I need to source a rack but adain, looking on the positive side I can ditch the PS pipework and pump :-)

[BORNXenon]

It's all unnecessary weight in a car the size of a Roadster, it's also more to go wrong!

Personally, I hate ABS. If I want to brake, I want to brake. I don't want the car to stop braking because it thinks I'm braking too hard!

[Not Anumber]

If I was building from scratch i probably would fit ABS but only if all the parts were just sitting there on the donor car ready to be transplanted. I could see it might be a benefit in the wet and on icy roads. That said Ive found the braking quite adequate without it and must admit ive not taken it out in the snow.

[snapper]

ABS is vehicle specific and will not necessarily work correctly in a much lighter vehicle, a mate in Fords chassis engineering and dynamics have me this info when I mentioned it
Power steering, you can remove the pump and just fill the pipes with fluid and join
The power rack is close to a quick rack ratio