Ok, so I'm getting rid of my ABS during the current chapter of my rebuild (which reminds me a little bit of the old movie Groundhog Day
).
I've already stripped out the ABS Module and am kind of playing it by ear on where I want to go from here regarding whether I want to retain the stock lines, proportioning valve, and MC.
I'm using my (non-ABS) '93 Miata for comparison as I really don't have much experience with brake hydraulics.
The FD has 5 brake lines with the ABS unit installed, 2x feed lines from the MC to the ABS module, and 3x lines running to the front and rear brakes. The proportioning valve mounted on the ABS module has a single input, and 3 outputs.
My thoughts are that I could just "y" the two feed lines together and run them to the input for the prop valve and then connect the Right Front, Left Front, and Rear lines then be done with it. I just want to be sure that's a good idea though, and it's not going to have some unforeseen fuck-up later on that may cause an accident...
My other concern is whether or not the stock MC is going to work well enough with the removal of the ABS module considering I've got bigger brakes up front (Wilwood BBK) and in the rear (Racebrake oversized kit). If I'm going to need/want to upgrade or otherwise change out the brake MC now would be the time to do it...
I'd love some input from people smarter than me about this
Cheers,
Levi