[Shotimes] Brake Upgrade time... again

[Ron Porter]

These guys were the cheapest, as the give you a "special discount" if you
buy more than about 8 quarts:

http://www.cdoc.com/home.asp

Some of the SHOtimes guys used them a few years ago.

Nonetheless, I would recommend getting better pads first. I believe that you
will be fine.

Ron Porter



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:48 AM
To: `V6 SHOtimes; g.kerby@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake Upgrade time... again

Thank you

Where's the best place to buy the ATE fluid?  Is this the one that is two
different colors?

Paul


On 11/1/2005 7:09:17 AM, G Kerby Haltom (g.kerby@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> Multi-piston calipers do a much better job at
> transferring the clamping force evenly than these
> stupid 1 piston, pin-slider things.  Think of gluing
> two boards together.  Do you want 1 big clamp in the
> middle, or several smaller ones all along the boards?
>
> I've been loving my Porterfield R-4S pads I put on
> this past spring.
>
> I would also move up to the Ate fluid.  Valvoline
> Synthetic is a good fluid, but the Ate has a higher
> boiling point.
>
> Kerby
>
> --- Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:
>
> > Mark
> >
> > On my '97
> I still have OEM brake calipers and
> > rotors, pads are OEM Ford in
> > front and PF AutoZone pads in the back on the solid
> > rotors.  It works well for
> > me but after a day at a track the front needs to be
> > bled, in fact after about
> > three sessions the brake pedal starts to go soft.
> > :(  This is telling me that
> > the fronts are boiling the brake fluid.  I always
> > use fresh Valvoline
> > synthetic fluid before a track day.
> >
> > Kirk has finally convinced me to go with the Cobra
> > dual piston calipers up
> > front.  What are
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