Originally Posted by SECS
Azrael, This is only my opinion and does not mean I am wrong!!!!!
Everybody likes their car set up if different ways.
That's for sure. There were in the past even such strange rally drivers who had ABS on WRC cars.
I certainly have been saved by the ABS more times than I can remember.
I do plenty of track days and am glad for the fact that I can slam the
brakes on without worrying.
I always thought thepoint of track days was to practise you skills having fun and doing it safe - why not learn to brake properly having the opportunity in safe enviroment?
If you dont like ABS thats your choice.
It can spoil even a very good car (standard Ford Fucos is sevarly handicaped by the fact it HAS ABS, with use of LFB on deABSed brakes it can be much faster around corners and doesn't understeer at all) and is very dangerous in many situations. On harsh bumpy roads you basically hae no brakes with ABS, on snow you have no brakes, you can't use LFB to make it go sideways when you enter too fast, you can't lock your wheels on purpose...
Having ABS certainly doesnt prevent me from driving my car to its limits
or reduce its enjoyment to me.
It does prevent you from finding those limits at some places even tough it is very possible that you are faster driver then me.
About the enjoyment - I really do think you would like the feeling of control that normal working brakes give
Anyway - don't say it's A MUST because it isn't. I will quote Group N rally prep manual "disconnect ABS"