A6s vs. V710s and ABS Applies Brakes!
06-27-2008, 05:13 PM
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A6s vs. V710s and ABS Applies Brakes!
Anybody ever have this happen?
A friend has a 2000 C5 running V710s on 17" ZR1 wheels. 275s front and 315s rear. Then changed to 295s front. While testing tires on the street and slowly getting up to 25-30mph, DIC indicated "ABS active" and brakes are applied w/o putting foot on brake pedal! car is pulled over to shoulder, light goes out, driver pulls out again, ABS again kicks in and brakes the car. All this happens w/o a foot on the barake pedal. Dry road, no hot ******* and AH is ON.
got discusted. Took off v710s. Put strreet tires back on ABS issues go away. What's up?
I run 295s and 315s in hoosier and have no ABS issues.
A friend has a 2000 C5 running V710s on 17" ZR1 wheels. 275s front and 315s rear. Then changed to 295s front. While testing tires on the street and slowly getting up to 25-30mph, DIC indicated "ABS active" and brakes are applied w/o putting foot on brake pedal! car is pulled over to shoulder, light goes out, driver pulls out again, ABS again kicks in and brakes the car. All this happens w/o a foot on the barake pedal. Dry road, no hot ******* and AH is ON.
got discusted. Took off v710s. Put strreet tires back on ABS issues go away. What's up?
I run 295s and 315s in hoosier and have no ABS issues.
06-27-2008, 05:34 PM
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I run V710 315's on all four corners, but always turn traction control off when they are on. That being said I never had any ABS lights come on while cruising around, at an auto-x, or on the track unless it on because my foots into it.
06-27-2008, 05:39 PM
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Not sure if it's making a difference here but the Kumho 295 is a taller tire than the 295 Hoosier. That's why most autox'rs who use Kumho stick with the 275 for the front. FWIW.
06-27-2008, 05:49 PM
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Anybody ever have this happen?
A friend has a 2000 C5 running V710s on 17" ZR1 wheels. 275s front and 315s rear. Then changed to 295s front. While testing tires on the street and slowly getting up to 25-30mph, DIC indicated "ABS active" and brakes are applied w/o putting foot on brake pedal! car is pulled over to shoulder, light goes out, driver pulls out again, ABS again kicks in and brakes the car. All this happens w/o a foot on the barake pedal. Dry road, no hot ******* and AH is ON.
got discusted. Took off v710s. Put strreet tires back on ABS issues go away. What's up?
I run 295s and 315s in hoosier and have no ABS issues.
A friend has a 2000 C5 running V710s on 17" ZR1 wheels. 275s front and 315s rear. Then changed to 295s front. While testing tires on the street and slowly getting up to 25-30mph, DIC indicated "ABS active" and brakes are applied w/o putting foot on brake pedal! car is pulled over to shoulder, light goes out, driver pulls out again, ABS again kicks in and brakes the car. All this happens w/o a foot on the barake pedal. Dry road, no hot ******* and AH is ON.
got discusted. Took off v710s. Put strreet tires back on ABS issues go away. What's up?
I run 295s and 315s in hoosier and have no ABS issues.
If you are going to use a V710 295 you need an equal or taller rear tire like the V710 315R18 tire or another 295R17.
06-27-2008, 07:41 PM
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What he is seeing is the Traction Control active message. Those tires will cause that message to be triggered almost instantly.
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