I am entertaining the idea of adding both ABS and traction control to my Apex build. Would like your opinions on having (OR not having as many of you prefer) them on your cars AND if you have information on incorporating the C5 ABS as a standalone. My car will be about 75% street use so I think they are a good idea.
I started looking at this because I knew that I would have to address my brake bias and I was considering upgrading the eclipse master cylinder (3g is 2/16 larger and I thought it might be a better match for the C5 brakes). I would've like to add a dual master cylinder setup but my budget is too tight. But since I started with a C5 donor car I have the ABS pump and EBCM. If I can incorporate it I gain ABS and don't have to buy a bias proportioning valve (bosch ABS units incorporate dynamic proportioning so it will always be "optimal"). It appears the C5 units can be ran stand alone and you can even incorporate a switch to turn ABS on/off, but I haven't found any detailed build logs or substantial information with them. I think some gtm's have used them. Any direction to information you've seen on this would be appreciated.
As for traction control...this came into being a possibility as I'm toying with the idea of a stand alone ecu for the LS1 instead of using hp tuners. I planned to use the Holley HP but it prevented me from using the DBW TB which I already have. Then I read more on the Haltech Elite ecu. Not only can it run the DBW it reads flex fuel sensors (I plan to run e85) and is supposed to support traction control potentially by various methods like retarding engine and the DBW throttle control. Seems it might be worth the additional 3k for a self learning ecu and added functions.
I started looking at this because I knew that I would have to address my brake bias and I was considering upgrading the eclipse master cylinder (3g is 2/16 larger and I thought it might be a better match for the C5 brakes). I would've like to add a dual master cylinder setup but my budget is too tight. But since I started with a C5 donor car I have the ABS pump and EBCM. If I can incorporate it I gain ABS and don't have to buy a bias proportioning valve (bosch ABS units incorporate dynamic proportioning so it will always be "optimal"). It appears the C5 units can be ran stand alone and you can even incorporate a switch to turn ABS on/off, but I haven't found any detailed build logs or substantial information with them. I think some gtm's have used them. Any direction to information you've seen on this would be appreciated.
As for traction control...this came into being a possibility as I'm toying with the idea of a stand alone ecu for the LS1 instead of using hp tuners. I planned to use the Holley HP but it prevented me from using the DBW TB which I already have. Then I read more on the Haltech Elite ecu. Not only can it run the DBW it reads flex fuel sensors (I plan to run e85) and is supposed to support traction control potentially by various methods like retarding engine and the DBW throttle control. Seems it might be worth the additional 3k for a self learning ecu and added functions.
