On 10/10/03 10:58 AM, in article imldovof3oiu8gv9jlhqqc4r0jgkqhh9h8@4ax.com,
"TL" <tlehman@visi.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:29:02 GMT, "E. Meyer" <e.meyerNOSPAM@ieee.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On the bright side, the ABS is separate from the main brakes. You can
>> ignore it forever if you don't want to fix it. The car will behave the same
>> as if it never had ABS in the first place.
>
> Is that true? My impression was that the proportioning valves / some
> other aspects of the braking system are different if you have ABS. Am
> I wrong?
>

In the system Honda was using in '97, the important thing is that the main
brakes are separated from the ABS such that if the ABS stops working, the
main brakes are unaffected.

There are some physical differences, but when the ABS is not engaged, the
main brakes pass straight through and there is no difference in behavior
from a car that doesn't have it.