[Fot] Brake Fluid temps

[Tony Drews]

Shortened version so it made it through.

- Tony

At 01:36 AM 9/23/2010, Tony Drews wrote:
>I just switched to Castrol SRF (from LMA) this year after boiling my 
>fluid in a race - still did well but had to pump the pedal 5 times 
>going into most of the corners.  Figured the wet boiling point 
>trumped most of what was out there.  As you mentioned, kinda 
>spendy.  As is racing in general...
>
>- Tony Drews
>
>At 12:13 PM 9/22/2010, Kramer, Robert wrote:
>>With all this talk about hub temps I thought I'd bring up the question of
>>brake fluid temps. We did a 24 Hours of Lemon's race and I learned 
>>that I need
>>a higher temp brake fluid for that type of racing. I have mostly used the
>>Castrol LMA fluid which has worked fine for me in the 20 to 30 minute races I
>>do, but we encountered severe brake fade in the Lemon's car.
>>
>>I found this information on the webpage listed below while researching the
>>matter and I thought it might be of interest to others on the list. The wet
>>boiling point attracted my interest as I think the brand new quart bottle I
>>used was on my shelf for a while and they say the bottles don't resist
>>moisture. Hmmm! I have a bottle of Lucas 550 Hi Temp fluid on my shelf that I
>>have been saving. I should have used it because it is getting old 
>>and probably
>>absorbed moisture through its plastic bottle. Anyhow if this interests you
>>look up:
>>
>>http://www.shotimes.com/SHO3brakefluid.html
>>
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