ABS in 4Cyl BA

[BrownDog]

i have picked up a V6 Astina for $50 and the hubs are going on my 4 cyl and i want to know how to get the abs in there aswell

the v6 is a complete car so i have all the parts

dont say just use the v6 cuz its well and truly cactus

[Cosmo Dude]

To get the ABS working correctly you would need to pull out the wiring looms from the front and the dash as well as any other places the ABS goes (except for the rear loom, for some reason the ABS wiring is in place there) and carefully pull out all of the wiring for the sensors, computer and ABS module and put that into your car. You also need V6 ABS CV joints because the ones on your car don't have the tone ring and the brake lines and wheel hubs need to be swapped over and the ABS computer and module need to be installed.
It's not impossible but it isn't really practical either IMHO.

[TheMAN]

the tone rings can be knocked off and swapped over to the 1.8 driveshafts as long as they're the same diameter... otherwise, just simply get ones meant for a 1.8

[BrownDog]

would there really be any reason to do so other than because its there?

[project.r.racing]

why bother? honestly the effort just isn't worth it. considering you are running tyres with a bigger contact patch and stickier compound than stock. the brakes shouldn't be locking up on street rotors and pads unless you put enough pressure on the pedal to bend the arm (in the dry).

wet is a different story, but learning brake control would be more fun than wiring abs into a car.

[ghetto3]

Maybe use the sensor setup for traction control later on with an aftermarket ecu?
Youd need the inertia ring cv shafts for the front again but its worth keeping the hubs around if you can?

[BrownDog]

it mainly only locks and i have to suddenly brake as im changing down
yeah have learnt a bit about wet braking, mainly smack it down to seccond and compression braking and if it locks let of and try again

the hubs are going on no matter what any way i just figured i might aswell get the abs since its there but by the sounds of it [plus some science from ryan] i might not bother

[TheMAN]

clearly, you still need to learn rev matching to stop tyre lock up at this point