If 1 car has power brakes & 1 car has anti-lock brakes, are they different? or just marketed differently?

Answer 1

Power brakes refer to power-assisted brakes. You don't need to put as much pressure on the pedal to slow the car.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/power-brake.htm
Anti-lock brakes are computer controlled to keep the brakes from locking up no matter how hard they are applied. They are meant to keep ordinary drivers from losing control with all wheels locked and sliding.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/anti-lock-brake.htm

Answer 2

Wreid... if you don't know the answer, then don't answer.

There is no such thing as "power brake fluid". BRAKE FLUID is required in all modern vehicles.

To answer the question correctly...
You will find power brakes on most cars. I can't think of any still built without power brakes. Power brakes or power assist comes from vacuum created by the engine.

Anti-lock brakes are also power brakes but Anti Lock Braking or ABS will automatically pulse the brakes when the ABS senses that the front wheels are losing traction when you are applying the brake. This is important because when your front wheels lose traction, you lose the ability to steer your vehicle.

If you grew up being told to "pump" the brakes when you are trying to stop on ice, this is what ABS does for you, Only much faster and much more efficiently. You pump the brakes so you still have control of the steering. With ABS, you do not have to do this.

I hope this answers your question. Please scrutinize the answers given to you on Yahoo Answers. There are a lot of wanna-be's on here.

Good luck

Answer 3

Brake function you speak of are two different qualities within a breaking system. Power brakes is a system that is hydraulic and reduces the effort the driver has to apply to the brake pedal to achieve the desired degree of braking. Anti-lock braking system is a function within the power braking that pulsates the braking action if a wheel or wheels are detected to have gone into a skid. Pulsating braking action during a skid enables better control by driver of vehicle direction and also makes the braking action more effective during a skid.
Here is added note that not most are aware of.....Some 4 wheel drive trucks that have anti-locking brakes and while in 4 wheel drive the anti-locking system is not designed to work in this mode.
Hope this gives you better understanding to your question.

Answer 4

somewhat. anti-lock brakes keep the tires from doing just that, locking up. so when you slam on the brakes, instead of locking the wheels and have you skidding all over the place, it pulsates (a series of quick grab-and-releases). this helps you keep control of the car by allowing the wheels to still turn a little at the time to keep them from losing traction.
power brakes, well just about all cars today have that, most are vacuum powered. this just helps increase your braking power, so you dont have to press so hard on the brakes to use them.

Answer 5

it could certainly make an excellent distinction. Non ABS automobiles can lose administration if the driving force supplies into instinct and mashes the pedal in an emergency. Anti-lock brakes will experience if the wheels "lock up" in a skid. they are going to launch the brakes merely sufficient to maintain them spinning, then reapply finished rigidity. The effect feels like a "pulsing" in the brakes. This'll enable the driving force to no longer purely keep administration of the motor vehicle, yet in addition will enable it end greater today than if the wheels lock up.

Answer 6

the car with the abs also has power brakes, because it also requires power brake fluid. All late model cars have abs.

Answer 7

Go here to find out and they have pics too.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/power-brake.htm

Answer 8

I assume these are two different vehicles and if they are different vehicles then I guess they are different and if they are different then of course they are marketed differently.