ABS upgrade / transplant related question

[Jonathan Carron]

thanks Tony. I think I'll give it a go and see how effective it works
before I start swapping the whole abs system over.

I wish there was a way to just stick the abs splines on the old CV's... its
enough work to move the entire cv/hub setup over :)

Jonathan

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would think the computer would be fine if all the trigger wheels are
> swapped to the same number of teeth. It is simply comparing the values of
> each wheel. However, no BTDT personally.
>
> THen again, if it also uses a signal from the Speedo it may be mroe
> complicated than that. Only one way to find out......;-)
>
> Tony
>
>  On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Jonathan Carron <jcarron2 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Just wanted to know if anyone has transplanted the ABS system from a 200 /
>> 90 coupe into a older S car? I have a written off 200, and my old 5000
>> which is essentially my toy car. The 5000's splines have rusted into
>> nothing but a few bumps here n there; and as a result the abs doesn't
>> work.
>> The question I have is if I change the drive shaft & hubs and sensors to
>> those found in the 200 quattro variety; I assume I need to change the ABS
>> computer & wiring abs harness as well? Or will the old ABS computer in the
>> 5000 be able to operate effectively with the different (but now same)
>> signal it would recieve from the 4 wheels?
>
>