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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 03:59 PM
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so here is a question i have been wanting a answear to

if i were to replace my brake lines and brakes and master can i run a higher dot rated fluid like dot 10 and the same goes for my slave with my clutch

any input would help alot
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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...there is no dot 10 fluid?

besides its not the hardware that matters so much, its just what fluid is already in it that matters, dont mix fluids. that said I doubt you will want to buy a new abs unit (even if you can find one thats new and empty of fluid)
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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the car does not have abs and is a drag car so i am replacing everything lines and all
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 06:12 PM
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Stick with the stock fluids for the braking system. The wrong fluids can cause the rubber parts to fail prematurely.
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the reason i was asking this was if everything is aftermarket and new lines hoeses ect why could you not put in a higher dot rated fluid in

i was just curious since i do know the higher rated dot brake fluid has a higher boiling point
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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There are DOT3, DOT4, DOT5 specs... each having higher boiling points...

But beware, DOT5 is partly compressible (I am told due to it being silicone based)...

so use DOT4.
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i thought there is a higher one also that i seen in jegs for road racing
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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you're thinking of DOT 5.1



http://www.afcoracing.com/tech_pages/fluid.shtml

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...fluid_1a.shtml
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thanks for the info
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