ABS cacaphony

[Lawrence C Leung]

Works on the race car. To bad VAG doesn't see fit to provide some form of
micro-adjuster for the proportioning valve, so that non-ABS cars can
easily tailor their brake balance for track conditions (not a legal
retrofit. Bummer). 

LL - NY

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 18:00:12 -0800 (PST) james accordino
<ssgacc at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>--- George Tur <gtur at lucent.com> wrote:
>> What should the brake bias be?  Does it vary from
>> model to model? I
>> image it does. Any quantitative way of measuring
>> brake bias?
>
>Of course Audi has a $5k device to do this, along with
>pressure specs.  Bentley shows a nice picture of it. 
>I don't know what anyone else does, but with the ABS
>off, I see which wheel or wheels lock.  I just adjust
>the spring pull on the bias lever until the brakes
>behave as I like.  I'm not telling you to do this, or
>even that it's right, but it is what I did.  If I'm
>wrong or there's an easier way, feel free to flame me.
>
>Jim Accordino
>