I’m building a track/sprint/fast road car.
Never came with ABS but have converted to 325i front struts and rear trailing arms all with abs rings.
The car is a bare shell right now so wiring etc is no problem for me to add.
Has anyone retrofitted ABS to a none ABS car? Is it worth adding?
I believe the e46 (possibly csl) units can be made to work and are programmable.
Retrofitting ABS
Moderator: martauto
If you are gong to retrofit to a bare shell track car I wouldn't fit the original ABS I would fit the E46 MK60 unit as a standalone.
The standard E46 ABS unit will be fine but as it is a track car you may get benefit from am M3 unit. The M3 unit can be programmed with CSL settings if needed. There is a lot of BS out there and some (still) charging a lot of money for snake oil for this ABS.
Later wheel sensors are easy to fit (with a bit of fettiling) and cheaper to buy
Do a search on here for 'MK60' and it will give you an idea, and some of the previous discussions.
I will be fitting the regular unit to mine along with the rest of the E46 bits but have not had time to get my head around things.
I think Dan has done a few and possibly has a few bits to make it easier.
The standard E46 ABS unit will be fine but as it is a track car you may get benefit from am M3 unit. The M3 unit can be programmed with CSL settings if needed. There is a lot of BS out there and some (still) charging a lot of money for snake oil for this ABS.
Later wheel sensors are easy to fit (with a bit of fettiling) and cheaper to buy
Do a search on here for 'MK60' and it will give you an idea, and some of the previous discussions.
I will be fitting the regular unit to mine along with the rest of the E46 bits but have not had time to get my head around things.
I think Dan has done a few and possibly has a few bits to make it easier.
Awesome info, thanks very much. I’ll have a look into the mk60 unit.
Dan has my rear beam and trailing arms at the minute so can see me bending his ear about this soon enough then!
Dan has my rear beam and trailing arms at the minute so can see me bending his ear about this soon enough then!
