If you will be racing the car and generating REAL heat stay away from
silicone fluid. I have lost my brakes several times (hard pedal but no
brakes) and was told by several SCCA racers that know their stuff that
silicone gels under extreme heat. I learned the hard way.
Mike Munson
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of WEmery7451@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:41 PM
To: BillB@bnj.com; timmurph@execpc.com
Cc: robertallred@aros.net; mjb@autox.team.net; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Brake stuff
In a message dated 3/12/03 6:24:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,
BillB@bnj.com
writes:
<< What I really meant was that Silicon brake fluid sucks. I've never
heard
any racer have a good thing to say about it except that it stays very
clean.
>>
>From a recent Western PA TR Club technical brake seminar, Jack Wheeler
used
silicon brake fluid and recommended it to others. It is harder to
effectively bleed the brakes using silicon brake fluid. I was always
afraid
to try it, and the Castrol fluid seems to work for me. Once during my
earlier years, I used American brake fluid, and dissolved every seal in
the
system. I am not sure if the rebuild kits are still sensitive to
American
made brake fluid, or not.
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