[s-cars] Taka: Brake fade

[Taka Mizutani]

Teddy-
You thought ATE super blue was expensive?!? I bought my last few cans for
something like $12/L.

I know a bunch of people running Castrol SRF w/o any problems to date, this
has been for several years now.

Taka


On 3/24/06, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>