why wouldnt you want ABS i almost got killed when i found out mine didnt work, the hard way

 

That is because you were expecting it to be there and work. If you knew that it wasn't there, you wouldn't have just mashed the brake pedal and expected the ABS to do the work for you, but rather depress the brake pedal and modulated it yourself.

Bump for anyone who has done this and daily drives and/or tracks thier car.

 

My car's been de-ABS'd for over two years. Its a race-only car, but is street legal so its probably seen a bit over 2000 street miles. I re-plumbed the brake lines, have a dual master cyl. setup with a bias adjuster. I still have the ABS brain plugged in, as I need the inputs from the wheel sensors to continue using the ACD system.

As someone said, just remember if you've removed the ABS, be ready for different braking techniques, especially when driving in winter conditions. And, for those with ABS, if you ever feel yourself skidding, something's wrong, so you'll need to revert to non-ABS braking techniquest ASAP. For anyone living or vacationing in Colorado, check out www.winterdrive.com. Once you've taken a class, you can bring your Evo out for track rentals. I teach there on the weekends, so if you come up, be sure to say hi!

Dave

 

im trying to do this to my car also. i want to clean up the engine bay and loose some weight

 

does anyone have or know a parts list of everything needed to remove the abs

 

You can get these parts with the master cylinder for under $300.

I've had the abs kick on maybe three times in the four years I've had my car. The rare occasion it has kicked on, it was just because I was being extremely lazy while driving in the snow and not driving the way I should have been in the first place.

It's on my list of things to remove.

 

May be beneficial for everyone to know that the base model lancer appears to share master cylinders with the RS and can be had on Ebay for about $40-$50.

 

Is the P/N the same?

 

So are those brake lines and an RS Master Cylinder the same thing these people are selling, just $100 less of course

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...emoval_kit.htm




Do you happen to know if the same part number is shared? Links to any of these Master Cylinders?


Another question for the road race/rally guys. I have been looking to do this in the near future for weight savings, but my main question is, do you have a better feel for the brake? Better feel for modulation? Other than the weight savings, what is the benefit?

Anybody seen this thread of a custom master cylinder this guys is building?

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...-cylinder.html

 

Have not called to confirm the part number, but looking at them, I see no differences. Only thing that could be a hang up would be maybe the size of the piston internally.

 

how much weight does this save?

 

Ok so I've been doing some investigation of my own into this

The part number from STM's kit is MR977089

and the ebay ones are all an aftermarket version of PN MR527468 (you can see it listed in some auctions) which is a non ABS master cylinder.

All the lines, and clips cost aprox $80 and if the $50 master cylinder works you have $130 ABS deletion kit.

That is if and only if the MR527468 works in place of it.

So does anyone know the difference between the masters as they are defiantly different part numbers?

 

I found a website that confirmed my thoughts but I can't member which one. It was crazy. You would look up the RS master and it would be about $100 more than when you looked up the non ABS lancer, but they had the same part number for ordering. That is dumb.

 

One thought I had is that the non ABS lancer has drums, vs the RS I believe is rear calipers. As the brake gains are different it may require different pressure (not that it justifies the cost) but it would be unique and non interchangeable.

 

I just planned on doing something like this when I got there...

http://www.wilwood.com/Images/PEDALS...40-4828-lg.jpg

Obviously much more involved, but then it removes the brake booster, allows F/R balance tuning, removes brake fluid resevior from engine compartment, and reduces weight of pedal assembly.