RE: IML: Imperial ABS?

["Nick Boyko" <pop_a_top@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty sure some early 70s Imperials came with some kind of anti-skid 
brakes. It had a computer controller and some different pieces, I have a 
Popular Mechanics article about it from the early 70s. I would imagine if 
you could find one of those setups it would be alot easier to make it work 
on a 68 Imperial than one from a 90s truck.


> From: "Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: RE: IML: Imperial ABS?
> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:24:22 -0400
>
> > From: Crestonave@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: IML: Drums to Discs
> >
> > This leads me to an question which I've been curious about for several 
> > days
> > since I had to "stand on" the brakes on my 1968 Imp this past Sunday: can
> > anti-lock braking be added, and is it necessary that all four wheels have 
> > discs
> > in order for anti-locking to work?
>
>   Wow, that would be an ambitious project, indeed. Hydraulic pumps, 
> sensors, plumbing, a computer to run it... I'm not going to say it's 
> impossible, just incredibly dificult. I don't think there are any kits, a 
> lot would probably have to be fabricated.
>
>   You could probably get away with just doing the fronts, considering the 
> wheelbase of an Imperial. Pickup trucks often only have rear ABS, since the 
> poor weight distribution of an empty pickup often causes the rear wheels to 
> lock way before the fronts.
>    -Kle.
>    '69 Crown 4DHT
>
>
>
>
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