Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

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Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby spikey » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:53 am

Has anyone done it? if I can source all the hubs, abs and computer,do you think it can be done? any feedback would be great.
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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby jerrah » Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:47 pm

If you have the complete set of gear I can't see why you couldn't fit ABS to a NA.
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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby Locutus » Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:49 pm

has been done - there is a brief write up on the big forum.

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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby project.r.racing » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:37 pm

why would you want to anyway?

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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby spikey » Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:22 pm

Mx5 mania's 2 race car uses them,it prevent's locking up under hard braking going into the corners, on normal mx5 maybe you don't need it, but 6.0 V8 powered ones i do think it would help :mrgreen:

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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby Boyracer » Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:20 pm

Actually only one of the Mania cars has ABS the gold car doesn't...definitely worth doing if you have all the bits...Steven Heads NA race car was fitted with ABS out of a NB8A...the wiring bit was done by Daniel Deckers...he loves it.
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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby Okibi » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:35 pm

You're building a V8 MX-5? :mrgreen:
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Re: Nb8 ABS retrofitted to Na model?

Postby spikey » Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:44 pm

Toying with the idea :D :lol: :mrgreen:


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