ABS Is it possible to add?

[93Polo]

Originally Posted by fatlife

those are good well thought out reasons, but let me say take the energy that it is going to take to do ABS and put it towards building/finishing the car. ABS woudl be nice to have but IMO I would way rather be driving my car then sitting in the garage with a wiring schematic and a PCM trying to fool around getting it to work, and then having to trouble shoot something like this. I do enjoy building working on cars as much as driving, but something like this could be extremely time consuming, and the pay off IMO (again ) would not be worth the hassle. ABS only kicks in when you lock up the brakes. You should only be locking up the brakes in a panic stop or in the rain. In a performance driving enviroment brake lockup is preventable.

But then again this is just my opinion, not the ten commandments, so take it with a grain of salt. But I think you would be better off spending more attention on other aspects of the car.

ABS does kick in in other areas. I have had ABS kick in while driving my 93 Corvette (no active handling) on moutain runs while slowing down in sweepers especially if its decreasing radius. ABS can be a real life saver if it is properly added. Brake lock up is for the most part preventable but crap does happen.