Bias Plugs...

[dantheman68]

So ive been looking into getting Bias plugs for awhile now... however there is one thing that always scares me away from it, and that is this:

These plugs change the braking characteristics of your car. We only condone the use of these plugs on vehicles with fully functional ABS systems. By purchasing these plugs, you acknowledge that these are for offroad use only and release us (SHO Bros Garage) of all liability.

We take very seriously the safety of our customers. We also suggest that after installing these, you take your car to a parking lot and do some spirited "braking while steering". This will expose the differences between stock bias and bias after the plugs. It's important for the driver to know their car and the threshold at which it will let loose.

Are these things safe to install?


what are experiences everyone else has?... i have stainless brake lines, and a 96 front upgrade, is that enough front braking power to accommodate for the added rear braking power?... I.E. not spin out in a panic stop?


Also how does adding more braking in the rear do for a snow-driven car?... does it cause more spinning, or tend to help driving in the snow?

 

[hawkeye18]

If they weren't safe to install, nobody would buy them, and nobody would run them.

They're fine if your ABS system works ok (assuming you have one). I have had bias plugs installed on my 94ATX for over a year now, and I have SS lines + 96 upgrade also. I have not had a single solitary issue with them, except my car stops a lot faster than most other cars on the road!

 

[SHOKING91]

bias plugs are fun. lets you throw the rear around under braking

 

[SuperHO]

what about in snowy conditions?

 

[adidas_kn]

Drifting FWD car! Woohoo! I'd be in empty parking lots in the snow practicing with em. Lol!

 

[SHO Continental]

As long as your ABS is in working condition...

I have bias plugs with 11.6 fronts, stopped well when the ABS worked, now it'll lock the rears with any significant braking effort.

 

[SHO Dude]

Personally, I don't recommend them with operational ABS or not.

The rule of thumb is that the more front brake you have, the less rear brake you need.

The rear brakes in our cars are adjustable with the stock height sensing proportioning valve. But before you start playing with brake bias, you should understand what these parts do and how they work. If you still need more rear bias, then move the trunnion on the rod down 1/8th of an inch and try it like that. If that's not enough, go a little more.

For some northern cars, the mechanism is too rusted to get apart. In these cases, give us a call. We keep them in stock and they sell for a little under $200.

 

[muzik]

Not to mention that during a panic stop because your driving to fast in the rain you could end up putting your pristine SHO on it roof totaling it out.

 

[whiteman_01]

I have the 11.6's front and rear on my 92. I was into the brakes pretty hard once and the rear end got a little squirrelly. I dont want to know what it would have been like with the plugs in there also.

 

[Dedragonknight]

i almost spun out the other day from them, but the truth is that if my brakes were properly bled, and my tires didnt suck, i wouldnt have gotten loose. once you get then in, go find a gravel road and play around, get used to them

 

[gmorrell]

I have had bias plugs in my '89 (non ABS) SHO for many years. I installed them when I was evaluating a pre-production set of Todd TCE's rear control arms.

I have also re-plumbed my brake system to be split front-rear, instead of diagonally, and have a cockpit adjustable proportioning valve on the rear circuit. I also run the same brake pad compound front and rear.

In spite of all this, and even with careful adjustment of the rear prop valve, this car has occasionally, under very heavy braking, swapped ends before I could say "Oh shi..."

You can practice on gravel roads and in shopping mall parking lots all you want, but one of these days, a garbage truck is going to pull into your path, you'll bury the brake pedal, and you're going to go into that truck ass-first.

Before you pull the trigger, this is one of those mods that you should think really hard about.

 

['94SHO]

I, personally would not do it.. My police interceptor (crown vic), Was non-ABS
and they have an adjustable bias valve... I tried to get jiggy with the adjustment one day, and let me tell you, it is 1,000 times better to have 10%
less total braking force, than to wind up backwards, looking at cars coming at you. I KNOW!! When the @ss comes around, it is hard to catch, and in
wet/snowy conditions, this happens almost instantly.. Better off changing your rear pads to a different compound.. People point, and laugh at you when you are off in the dirt, or on the median, or have the dual "stripes" from
sliding along a metal barrier.. And, yes, I have done all of these things.
Of course, I am ********.....