the speed sensor works by counting little bumps as the axle spins, sends the info to the abs computer, the abs computer delegates fluid control based on brake force and the speed info.

The brakes themselves (the rotors, calipers, lines) don't do anything... they're just plain old hardware. :edit: For instance, I have brakes from an ABS teg on my non-abs civic, and they work the same way the stock ones did.

 

Not Necissary.. sure there is a benfit with a larger rotor ,heat disapation, however if you can lock your brakes with any setup then you have reach the limit of adhesion for your tires, and probably have too much brake, or not enough tire. Remember what stops your car, there was test in a magazine I can't remeber, they put bigger brakes on a Stock RSX, the braking distance increased by 10 feet, the said it felt better and they had better modulation, but for an $1100 big brake kit the felt the should have shorter stopping distance.

 

Which kit did they use.

A far as rotor size, caliper stability and leverage affect on the rotor, which means a larger rotor size, those factors increase. Having said that, the more stable a caliper and more evenly it can push the pads to the rotor surface, the faster your car will stop.

 

I agree with that, however I believe the problem with the RSX was they had to put bigger rims to go over the larger rotors and that increased the rotating mass significantly which led to longer brake distances over a stock RSX.

Most Honda's come with pretty decent brakes from the factory and IMHO before some spends a lot of money on a big brake kit, they should replace their fluid, rotors and get pads with a higher co-efficient of friction, and they would probably be surprised with the result.

 

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alright that makes sense by saying abs brakes are larger, I really just meant abs equiped civics have to have 14" wheels while the non abs ones only have to have 13" wheels... so even though the brakes might not be affected by abs honda still put larger brakes on the abs equipped cars. that is what I was getting at.. I dont know if the sols are the same though

 

Right. All abs cars have the bigger brakes, but some non-abs cars do too (like non-abs Si's, teg RS's etc)

 

Agree, but the added benefit of a bigger brake upgrade (calipers as well) is the ability to brake hard multiple times without having brake fade....

 

have u checked SSBC -- they make a kit for eVerything!! -- im sure u can put tha kit that g0es ona 96+ HB(non-abs) onto yoru sol.. they have prettty much tha same braking set-ups

http://www.stainlesssteelbrakes.com/

 

No offense, but those calipers are one of the most ghetto designed I've seen...