Re: brake fluid anyone?

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In a message dated 96-09-20 01:50:48 EDT, you write:

<< >OE Fill...... It's just not blue for them)for a long time and I have 
 >never had the experience that you have described.
 
 Day 1. Went through a set of Metal Masters
 Day 2. Went through 1/2 set of OEM's
 
 I do destinguish between the fluid fade and the pad fade. I had both. 
 The brakes "slipped" so to speak, requiring an increased effort on the pedal

 - that can be attributed to the pad fade.
 
 The pedal itself had increased its free travel by good 15-20mm - that's 
 fluid fade. It only occured after a coule of laps with some agressive 
 cornering and went away after the cool down. I did bleed the brakes once a 
 day with a pressure bleeder - air in the lines was never present. It's gotta

 be the fluid boil!
 
 BTW, I have teflon lined stainless steel braded brake hoses in all four 
 corners. Therefore I can't attribute the fade to the radial expansion of the

 brake hoses either.
  >>
hmmmm....  Like Eric, been using super blue too, but based on 1 and 2 above,
know exactly what the prollum is....  you boiled your fluid cuz those two
pads heat soaked then went into the caliper, boiling even the best of
fluid....  Ck the rating of the stuff, you'd be hard pressed to use another
fluid with better properties, and either pad you used above just plain sucks
for track use in heavy q's...  Your post should be in regards to pads, not
fluid..... NJTH....  Try some cool carbons, they have a ceramic heat barrier
that helps, get some air to/thru the rotors too, it helps...  You will want
to do it too, cuz if you are boiling the fluid, chances are your wheel
bearings are not going to be far behind....  That super blue is some of the
best, been to quite a few track events for q's bmw and porsche....  Rarely
see anything else being used, so look at the other components first


Scott