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I need to know which one is streetable yet performs very well. It also needs to be able to stay in the car for some time. Changing it once a year is no problem, but 2 or more times a yeaar will be streching it for me. I will be get Stainless steel brake lines and some special brake bleeders so I can do it myself without the help of another person. This is what the speed bleeder is. All I need to know is what size to get for my car.

Here's what I'm considering so far:

ATE Super Blue Racing/TYP 200
Motul Racing 600
Castrol LMA

Feel free to add any that I forgot.

 

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Nevermind about the speed bleeder. The part number is SB10125 for both the front and rear. And here is the CHART for the size of the SB10125 with a 10mm X 1.25 pattern and overall length (in., mm) of 1.28, 32.73)

 

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Thanks for the input. I think an article on brake fluid would be great too don't you think? I mean unlike comparing clutching, the main thing you should really be worried about is the boiling point and if its DOT legal correct?

BTW, isn't the Castrol SRF like $77/liter? Thats a bounch of money for just a liter.

I upgraded my computer so I lost most of my bookmarks (stupid of me not to save them first). But I found a couple of websites that have comparisons of brake fluids.

Here's the some of the sites that i've found so far on this topic:

http://www.shotimes.com/SHO3brakefluid.html
http://www.bira.org/fluids.html
http://www57.pair.com/lane/bfluid.htm

Please post links if you have any more diverse brands and fluid comparisons that you may have. I'll PM Gvtec about the Mobil 1, but in the mean time, do you have any info on it?

Thanks a million!

 

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Come to think of it, I think Valvoline is the one that I'm using right now too. I bought it at Walmart. I think it was the Dot3/4 bottle though? Well, I'll go back and look again for more specific specs.

In the mean time, I'll be doing more research and look more into this as I can. once I get my SS brake lines I'll change it out together.

Thanks everyone for your inputs. I probably should be changing my fluids more than once a year to keep the performance in there. My current ones have been in there for like 2 years already. Thats probably why I'm feeling that spongy solft feel when the car warms up.

 

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it's amazing and dangerous to watch people allowed to go lapping with regular brake fluid. You see them pull into the pits with rotors on fire or the brake pedal all the way to the floor (that's their new upright pedal position!) and their brake fluid boiled off. Nuts. don't know how one of our local tracks can allow it but I guess that's what a waiver is for...you're on your own out there...talk to the other drivers before you lap to see who has what equipment (oh you still have stock brake fluid,... I see) and to get their Banzai Quotient (like IQ except the BQ measures their level of experience and anger management). This way you know who not to hang around on the track to avoid any later "issues"...

Believe it or not, I haven't even been out auto-X yet. neouser goes from time to time, but its not some big 1+ mile track. Its just a parking lot thing. My brakes went bad on daily driving, so that means its pretty bad for it to feel that way for regular driving since its not as agressive as Auto-X.

Jesus, I think I really need to change that sucker out of there! Okay, either do the Valvoline or Motul 600. I think I might try the Motul since its different and I want to do some comparisons.

How much should I buy if I was to get the Motul 600 in 17 ounces? How much should I get to be able to fill up my system and the brake fluid reserve tank? Just one 17 ounce container? Two? Three?

 

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Thanks again!

 

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Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Most likely DOT 3 will be what was in there previously. Doesn't matter though, fresh fluid will most likely be better than anything thats been used for a while.

 

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what is the capacity of brake fluid? I am changin rotors and calipers this weekend.

What do you mean by this? There is a "MAX" & "MIN" line on the brake fluid resevior.

 

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I was able to find the motul at motorcycle shops and some other weird places. Most of the time performance shops will have them because they will do some track runs. price wasn't that much different than from online considering the shipping costs.