[s-cars] Taka: Brake fade

[Theodore Chen]

good choice.  i use the motul 600 RBF (racing brake fluid), too.

castrol SRF is super duper trick stuff, and all the racing teams
use it or wish they could afford to.  it's expensive, and it's 
also tough on the nitrile rubber seals commonly used in brake systems.
it leaches plasticizers out of the rubber and makes the seals brittle,
even viton, if you get the fluid hot enough - which is the whole point
of the exercise.  racing teams that use it also rebuild the brake systems
with fresh seals regularly.

i never liked ATE super blue.  i have a brand new can of it sitting on 
the shelf, which i never got around to using after discovering i didn't 
like it in my race car.  it was rather pricey, so i haven't used it in my 
street cars, but i guess i should - i'm not going to be putting it in the 
race car.

-teddy

--- Kevin Barnett <bluevr6 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> For me, it's Bertone x-1/9 (track and autocross car),
> Motul DOT 600 and Red Stuff pads.
> 
> I always use Motul DOT 5.1 in my street x-1/9 with
> Ferodos and Motul DOT 5.1 with Hawk HPS+ on the S4.
> 
> Right product for the right application.
> 
> Now when I was serious about Solo 1, I ran a GTI VR6
> with Motul  DOT 600 and Hawk Blue's on the track with
> their own rotors and DOT 600 with Ferodo Fast Street
> pads with their own rotors on the street.
> 
> Again, right product for the right application.
> 
> Best regards.
> Kevin
> 
> --- Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Repeat after me....Castrol SRF fluid, Pagid Orange
> > pads. :)
> > 
> > Anything else on an S4/S6, driven in anger at the
> > Glen, will fade. I speak
> > from unfortunate experience. :)
> > 
> > And don't even ask me about the time my cellphone
> > car kit's speaker came
> > loose and landed on top of the brake pedal while
> > under I was going for the
> > brakes at the bus stop!
> > 
> > Bruce
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kevin Barnett" <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
> > To: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:38 PM
> > Subject: [s-cars] Taka: Brake fade
> > 
> > 
> > > "As for track use, I faded the Porsche 996 caliper
> > /
> > > MBZ 320x30mm rotor
> > > running Hawk HPS pads at the Glen. Repeated 135 to
> > 60
> > > on the back
> > > straight"
> > >
> > > It was the pads.  The Hawk HPS is a street pad and
> > you
> > > probably far exceeded the temp range for the pad
> > > compound on track.
> > >
> > > I run the HPS+ on the street on my S4 (still with
> > > G60's in front) and have faded them on mountain
> > roads
> > > around the house when driving hard.  My issue
> > would be
> > > a compination of too small of a heat sink with the
> > > smaller rotors and exceeding the temp range of teh
> > pad
> > > compound.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > kevin
> > >
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