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I had this truck, with ABS on only 2 wheels. Believe it or not, it was the
back two wheels that had ABS. The fronts did not. Why? You ask. Well,
I'll tell you why.
1) Understeer is more desirable in a street car (from a manufacturing
standpoint, it is "safer").
2) When wheels lock up, what happens? Well, if you're going straight, not a
whole lot. If you're turning, locked wheels means sliding "end". Fronts
locked, you push into understeer. Backs lock, you get your ass end passing
you on the outside of your turn.
Your point of brake balance being upset has some validity. However, it
would not be your tail end coming around, but your front end pushing out.
Now, since the Z has 4-wheel ABS, and it should keep all wheels from
locking up, I would say that the ABS (at the limit) will equal out things as
much as it can. How much good/bad this does... well, someone give me a
wildwood set (front and back), and I'll test it out. :-) Oh, well, the
wildwood set claims to keep stock brake bias (with stock back brake, I don't
see how...), so I guess that'll be a set of wildwoods, plus some other
front-only set... :-)
Cheers.
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