Rearend swap, questions about ABS/TCS

[Steve 97C]

im planning on swaping out my rearend and most of the rearends i find for sale are from ABS/TCS equipped cars. I dont think i have either on my car, what exactly will happen?

[Blue Flame V6]

You do have ABS all 4th generations do. I dont' know about traction control though.

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

ABS is just a reluctor wheel and that little sensor that goes on top of the housing. That's all there is to it in the rear end. TCS I don't know as I never had it.

[Backfire]

Do the traction control systems have 4 channels as apposed to the standard 3 channel? By channel I mean independently controlled wheels. On ABS cars, there is a brake line form the ABS/Brake unit for the front passenger side, front driver side, and rear. Both rear wheel are actuated off of one line. On a four channel system, do the rear brakes each have there own line? If that is the case, you would have to fabricate a new hookup in the rear. I do know that the sensors for the wheel speed are in different places. That could cause some issues as well. The ABS cars have one centrally mounted, while the TCS cars have one at each wheel.

I don't know if that would be it however, because that problem doesn't seem significant enough to prevent usage. You would just need to swap lines from your old rearend. If someone with a traction control car would look at their setup it could help :D

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[Backfire]

I actually saw a picture today of a car with TCS, and they do have two separate lines for the rear. That means you would need to take your lines from the ABS rear and mount them on the TCS one. Here you can see the dual lines;

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[ April 10, 2002: Message edited by: Backfire ]</p>