x phantom x

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I know this has probably been posted before, but I searched for awhile and didn't really find any solid answers.

I have drilled/slotted rotors, hawk hps pads, and earl's lines ....

What brake fluid do you guys recommend for some-what agressive driving, but no auto-x or anything crazy?

Foxxtron

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for the street, probably some sort of DOT 5.1.

CarnivorWS.6-01

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I'm flushing my brakes as I write this. I went to a speed shop and asked them. I was told if your not autox or really racing don't waste the money. I am using a dot 4 Valvoline synthetic that cost about $5.00 for a quart. Sometimes we spend good money on things that don't return a big bang for the buck.

Sam Strano

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That's poor advice. Do you leave you brake fluid at home in a bottle when you drive down the street? No.

There are a number of things you want from brake fluid. Low fluid compression (after all it's a hydraulic system) and the lower the compression of the fluid the better the pedal feel. How resistant it is to abosrbing moisture (which the DOT rating is a minimum measure of) as well as dry and wet boiling points. For a hard driven street car, the wet boiling point is more critical, you want something high.

I suggest and sell a LOT of ATE Super Blue and/or Type 200 Fluid. Very low compressability. High dry boiling pt. of 536, sky high wet boiling pt. of 392. Exceeds DOT 4 specs for sucking in moisture. Great cost @ $12 a liter for fluid that many use to race on. Look how crappy your stock fluid is/was and tell me it doesn't get beaten on the street. Racing need not apply

x phantom x

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Awesome, thanks Sam. I will also be talking to you around christmas time to get all those suspension components we spoke about.

DONAIMIAN

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ATE super blue in my car right now.

DONAIMIAN

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BTW braking to me is one of the most important thing to me in any car. I consider it a saftey item as well as performance thing. I look at my brakes at the same way I look at seatbelts.

HUGGER ORANGE SS

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You guys like Wilwood 570 Deg Fluid?

Clint

x phantom x

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I agree ... I think alot of people who mod their cars into beasts forget that going fast isn't the only important thing, you need to STOP eventually as well.

Judd

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High priced but auguably the best- Castrol SRF. Medium priced but still having a good boiling point- Motul RBF. Cheap but better than average-Valvoline Synthetic.

mitchntx

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Bill Bowling

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ATE super blue in my car right now as of last weekend.

Bill

x phantom x

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Sounds like the way to go.

Sam Strano

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I keep plenty here.....