:>On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:52:37 +0000, me/2 wrote: :>
:>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:45:10 GMT, Grassy Knollington :>> wrote: :>> :>> :>On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:43:25 +0000, me/2 wrote: :>> :>
:>> :>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:36:59 -0500, "Don McC" :>> :>> wrote: :>> :>> :>> :>> :>>> Albeit you can easily test if there's :>> :>> :>>> a working ABS, just get onto some wet, *empty* and large enough :>> :>> :>>> parking lot and stamp onto the brake pedal with force. You don't :>> :>> :>>> need to be fast 30-40 km/h should be enough to let you know. :>> :>> :>>>
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> tried that and it did skid, but not wildly :>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> so doesnt rule out partially working with fault :>> :>> :>> and light/warning suppressed. :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>If the ABS is functioning, you'll feel the brake pedal pulsate during :>> :>> :>a hard stop on a slippery surface. The ABS and Traction Control :>> :>> :>instrument bulbs light briefly when I turn the key to P2. :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>Don :>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> :>> Also to confuse the issue, at least on my '04 SVT Focus, the TC is ON :>> :>> by default when you start the car. If you turn it OFF using the :>> :>> button on the console then the light on the dash turns ON. Yep, you :>> :>> read that right. If the light is ON the TC is OFF. WTF?? :>> :>> :>> :>> me/2 :>> :>
:>> :>thats typical... LOL, one of the university placement students doing the :>> :>design got a wire crossed....? :>> :>> Yeah, it was pretty embarrassing at the first SVT chapter Solo event I :>> entered. I couldn't figure out why I was doing so bad, especially in :>> the flat out corners. It kept jerking and chugging really bad. I :>> finally dug out the owner's manual and found out I was turning the TC :>> on when I thought I was turning it off. Did a lot better with the TC :>> disabled, even managed to turn better times than some of the Cobras. :>> :>> me/2 :>
:>Cobra + Corners = problems?
For some of them yes. Not for some of the highly modified ones that are owned by some of our chapter members. On some of them one tire is close to twice the width of the ones on my SVT Focus (215x45x17). Add to that a competition suspension and well over 400HP to the wheels and you get a pretty strong competitor on the small road course we use for our events. It's not a traditional "parking lot" type solo event that we run.
BTW, one of the guys in the chapter is running an '03 Cobra with over
600HP on the ground. I was there at the Dyno Day when he got those numbers.
I've had a chance to drive a few of them and for pure fun factor I still prefer my SVT Focus.
me/2