[Fot] Brake fluid question

[Bill Babcock]

IMHO, nothing. If you were driving an extremely high performance race  
car the answer might be different, but if you are squeezing single  
pucks with a cast iron caliper I'd say if you can;t feel the  
difference then there isn't much.

On Mar 19, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Greg Lunker Hilyer wrote:

> Gotta' admit my cheapo mentality ignorance here... When I built my  
> car I thought I'd go "hi-tech" and used dot 5 synthetic for my first  
> time ever. Quickly learned that the boiling point of synthetic is  
> not suitable for racing. Have used regular ol' NAPA dot 4 since and  
> have never had the soft pedal syndrome reappear. MY question is, if  
> I'm not experiencing a soft pedal, what am I missing by not using  
> fluid that costs nearly as much as I pay for a [used] set of race  
> tires? Granted I don't use the brakes any harder than any other  
> component on the poor thing but I do get them up to temp occasionally.
>
> Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
> TR4 #314
> Albuquerque NM
> On Mar 19, 2009, at 5:02 PM, RACER BUD wrote:
>
>> I just got an email from Andy Greer..with the Gainsco Team.. they  
>> use AP Racing PRF in the #99 DP car...Andy says its expensive
>> Racer Bud
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Babcock" <Billb at bnj.com>
>> To: "David Talbott" <dtalbott at archrepro.com>
>> Cc: "fot" <fot at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Brake fluid question