Brake lines

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driftwood
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Post Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:07 pm

Has anyone got a diagram of the brake lines for a facelift coupe with abs? My car was a track day car and the abs has been disabled. There's also new brake pipes at the rear and I want to check if the previous owner modified the pipes to by pass the abs pump. I've looked at the wiki and I've never had success with the search.
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Post Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:49 pm

This may help:

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The main difference is, of course, that the brake lines go from the master cylinder to the pump, and then to each front brake and one solid line to the rear. Note there are only two lines from the MC to the ABS pump - on non-ABS cars, there are three lines from the MC.