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[NickB787]

Just got Picked up a 4 channel abs it has been running on a 17/17 combo since I am 16/17 does it need to be calibrated/ reset by a lotus dealer and anyone know is it a standard reset @£30?

[techieboy]

No, it'll just work. Any lingering ABS light should go out after 100m.

[NickB787]

thanks

[Aerodynamic]

How does the module look like you need to change to make it 4 channel?

[NickB787]

How does the module look like you need to change to make it 4 channel?

it's basically just the top bit, the computer just unscrews and away you go no ice mode..

[JG]

Best upgrade on the VX bar none

[Krusty]

Doesn't stop the hard pedal though !

[Rosssco]

Best upgrade on the VX bar none

Only if you're a consistant ABS activator.. Had one before. Never activated once.. From a psychological / confidence POV, it's useful to know you've got a reliable ABS system. It's a bit like the traction control debate... Some love it. Some, see it as an unnecessary and expensive addition.

[smiley]

Doesn't stop the hard pedal though !

 

It did that for me, but i was over 5% deviation from oem wheel and tyre size.

[NickB787]

Doesn't stop the hard pedal though !

  It did that for me, but i was over 5% deviation from oem wheel and tyre size.

I thought coming from a 15/16 setup it stoped hard peddle, so 16/17 ratio wise should work ok. I'm getting it to get rid of the ABS light fed up with it after 10 years..

Edited by NickB777, 22 October 2014 - 08:15 AM.

[techieboy]

It's factory calibrated for S2 Elise/Exiges that run 16"/17" wheels and tyres. S1's had no ABS are the only ones that ran on 15"/16" wheels.

[NickB787]

thanks so no hard peddle then, why should Krusty running a 4 channel have hard peddle?

[techieboy]

I get the hard pedal very very occasionally still but it's effectively no longer a problem as far as I'm concerned. What you will never have again is the stupid ice mode or whatever we like to call it, where if it detects the merest hint of a ripple in the road the ABS has a brain fart. It also seems to be calibrated to kick in much later, so you can almost stand on the pedal before the ABS even thinks about intervening. In other words, it works like a proper car now.

[NickB787]

thanks

[Rosssco]

The hard pedal seem partly related to the (or so we were told) exhaustion of the brake booster reservoir on certain engine configurations / scenarios - I occasionally got it after quick transition from accel to brake on my old SC, even with the 4-ABS controller..

 

Its actually unrelated to the controller, so I'm just confusing matters

[siztenboots]

on most setups with the TRW abs, normally the intake manifold is just a short section of hose to the servo , it might work better with another one way valve at the front.

[JG]

I never get the hard pedal, and i keep ABS on, on track.

[smiley]

I never get the hard pedal, and i keep ABS on, on track.

 

You´re not pushing the car hard enough

[Krusty]

I'm running 16/17 wheels, find its worse at silverstone and bedford, In fact it's only done it since changing to the 4 channel and 16/17 wheels, car is supercharged and from what I've read it seems to affect these more than the turbos

[JG]

 

I never get the hard pedal, and i keep ABS on, on track.

 

You´re not pushing the car hard enough

 

 

It was pushed to within an inch of it and my life at Spa and the brakes were the best bit. 

 

I couldn't have peddled it any faster.