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Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
Join Date: May 2009
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Hi Matt - can you help me understand brake fluids better?
I have a pretty much stock 2007 BFII FPV Super Pursuit ute with the Brembo 6 piston calipers on the front and the (pbr?) single piston calipers on the rear. I'm doing a tuning/track day at Barb's raceway in a couple of weeks and want to flush and replace my brake fluid, as advised by most here. First question; what is the spec of the standard factory brake fluid used by FPV? Secondly; what is the best brake fluid you stock for occasional circuit work and 'spirited' street use? I have to admit, I'm very confused... Do I need DOT 4, 5 or 6? Mineral, synthetic or silicone?? What does it all mean? Cheers in advance, Joe.
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AP Racing 5.1 is a good fluid for street and track and is $20 a 500ml bottle.If you change your fluid from any brand it is best to do a fluid flush.
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Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
Join Date: May 2009
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Thanks for your response Matt!
![]() The AP racing fluid seems to be the one most mentioned on the forums. Any benefit in using the Brembo fluid over the AP racing product with these brakes? Penrite SIN seems to be used alot too, but I believe its only DOT 4. Any opinion on this fluid? So, to flush the system, I'll need 2 bottles then? Seems a good price. I'll send a PM as I'll need them posted to Perth... Is this ok? Cheers again, Joe.
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2007 BFII FPV Cobra Ute|Boss 302|6M|#23/100 Mods so far: Billet Products Shifter|X-Force Exhaust|Herrod Oil Breathers|Whiteline Sway Bar|Tein SuperStreets|Kings FOR-303SL Rear Springs|Melling Oil Pump|Mace Manifold Spacers|Powerbond Underdrives|Pacemaker Headers|Ballistic Cats|XFT Custom Tune @ 308.3rwkw|DBA T3 Rotors|Ferodo Pads|Goodridge Braided Lines Mods to come: 4.11 Diff Gears|Chromoly Tailshaft I use & recommend: Castrol|Motorcraft|Mainlube|Penrite Check Out My Build Thread |
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There are many fluids out there that we do not use but if forum members are having success with them then that is a good start to find out what is best.
A PM is fine thankyou
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Call me dirt... Joe Dirt
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PM sent
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Thread revival time.
I flushed the fluid in my taxi back in mid August. The brakes have required more pedal pressure than normal for a month or so now, so that's telling me that it's flush time again. Took the reservoir cap off yesterday and sure enough, it was all sludgy. I'm obviously going to have to do a fluid flush on a very regular basis. After speaking with Matt on the phone recently I was keen to follow his recommendation and go with either PBR 5.1 or AP Racing 5.1. Either one is about $15 for a 500mL bottle. But I don't own the taxi so I have to justify costs to the owner. So now I'm looking at going with Super Dot 4 instead, which works out to a similar cost to normal Dot 4. So: 1) Any recommendations on a Dot 4/Super Dot 4? 2) Is Super Dot 4 worth getting instead of normal Dot 4? 3) I'm going to be doing flushes often, so buying it in bottles larger than 500mL would be preferable. If I buy a 4 litre bottle, use a litre or so and then leave the bottle sealed in the shed, will the fluid become ineffective because the bottle has been opened? |
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Sandtrap Motorsport
Join Date: Nov 2005
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might as well ask in here.
Matt, i use brake fluid that has a dry & wet boiling values, what's the difference in wet & dry?
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http://www.atap.com.au/wn_products.html and http://www.atap.com.au/documents/March2008.pdf |
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We use the PBR BF600, it is bloody great, it has never ever let us down and it is in a race car, it does get black after a while, but never ever any brake fade, never ever boiled the oil.
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Think of dry as breaking load, wet as safe working load. PS, Hi Matt ![]() I hope you and the family had a good Xmas and new years.
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Thankyou and yes i did.
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