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@bnj.com>
>> To: "David Talbott" <dtalbott@archrepro.com>
>> Cc: "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Brake fluid question
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