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Demlotcrew
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Post Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:07 am

Thing is Brian, you really cant tell how much braking force is being applied to the two wheels. I would expect the RH wheel to have more grip thats why it feels like its getting more braking force.

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Post Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:21 am

Demlotcrew wrote:Thing is Brian, you really cant tell how much braking force is being applied to the two wheels. I would expect the RH wheel to have more grip thats why it feels like its getting more braking force.
Andrew
RH front wheel has nearly all the grip, and does get the majority of the braking force. - To the point of nearly locking.
Front left has very little grip, but the ABS still prevents it locking, as it does with the rears.
Rear right ends up being underbraked, but rears don't contribute much anyway in this kind of low speed, high G brakeing.
On my non ABS E30, I have to lock both left hand wheels delibilaterly to get any significant braking on the right, and with two wheels locked, it's difficult to gauge the other two.
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Post Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:28 am

E30 ABS has saved my skin many of times and i wouldn't want to remove it.I think it performs very well.