Pegasus catalog is a good source of temperature data on different
brake fluids. I use Motul 600, though they also make a 660 (degrees).
On Sep 23, 2010, at 2:52 AM, Tony Drews wrote:
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
>>
>> Snipped:
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