Brake Fluid?

[RICH17]

So I recently boiled my brake fluid in the lumina doing autocross. I was running a sythentic DOT3 from prestone and really didnt think I would come across this with stock brakes with upgraded pads and rotors.

So I am looking to upgrade since I am going to be doing some more autoxing and road course driving. I know there are race fluids out there for 20 bucks a quart or would a upgrade to a synthetic DOT4 be sufficent?

I do nutswing from Royal Purple but they dont seem to make a brake fluid

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[PANDA]

I have no input

 

[RICH17]

I have no input

Lemme guess....why the fuck am I doing this in a Lumina?

CAUSE I CAN!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd try a good fluid first. Check out ATE super blue fluid.


http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/accessoryDetail.jsp?ID=21

 

[jason05gt]

I doubt you boiled your brake fluid autocrossing. You probably experienced brake fade or do not have your brakes properly bled.

 

[bikrboy128]

I doubt you boiled your brake fluid autocrossing. You probably experienced brake fade or do not have your brakes properly bled.

x2.
what brake setup do you have?

 

[02BlueGT]

And if you run the blue, or maybe even DOT4, they cannot be mixed with the old stuff, so it takes quite a bit of bleeding and pulsing the ABS solenoids (if equipped) to ensure you are 100% new fluid

 

[Prevent]

put food coloring in it

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

And if you run the blue, or maybe even DOT4, they cannot be mixed with the old stuff, so it takes quite a bit of bleeding and pulsing the ABS solenoids (if equipped) to ensure you are 100% new fluid

Super blue is compatible with dot 3,4 and 5.1 fluids.

put food coloring in it

MINE IS GREEEN

 

[Primalzer]

x2.
what brake setup do you have?

x2, curious as to your suspension and brake setup that could allow you to autox a lumina

 

[RICH17]

Stock is the bestest.....

factory 9C3 suspension = monte Z34 stuff. Stock size brakes but upgrated to NAPA preformance rotors and a good pad. The front Calipers are factory dual pistons and the rotors are only 10.9inches. The reason I think I boiled the fluid is at the end of the set of runs the brake pedal went to the floor like I had a leak. I checked EVERYTHING and was fine. let the car cool and I was good to go

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Those are tiny rotors. Can you use the later MC brackets on those calipers?

 

[Primalzer]

What about a F-body rotor/caliper upgrade?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I never cared for my f-body upgrade to be honest. They always felt spongy even with braided lines. I've heard similar complaints from others


What's considered a "good" pad? Junk pads are easy to overheat and glaze over.

 

[RICH17]

Pads are my AdaptiveOne's from work. Theyre a hybrid ceramic. Pretty decent but take some heat to get them to be real grippy.

My front struts and knuckles are one piece soo theres nothing factory upgradable. I can use fbody stuff If i weld a new braket plate on the knuckle. But at that point I would go big and dumb like wilwood/baer/brembo stuff.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Try a quality fluid like I posted. It's not that expensive ($12) a quart. I picked some up at northstar in barrington but I'd think any good performance shop would carry it.

Worst thing that can happen is what you've already experienced.

 

[RICH17]

Try a quality fluid like I posted. It's not that expensive ($12) a quart. I picked some up at northstar in barrington but I'd think any good performance shop would carry it.

Yeah Ima do that. Bleed it like crazy. I wonder if James snapon scan tool will acctivate the abs pump for proper bleeding

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The fact that it got really soft then came back certainly sounds like air expanding in the caliper to me...generally meaning boiling fluid.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

I can get Motul brake fluid. PM if you need it. we use motul 660 in evans mini and no boiling problems anymore. he was boiling the 550 every track day.

 

[RICH17]

I can get Motul brake fluid. PM if you need it. we use motul 660 in evans mini and no boiling problems anymore. he was boiling the 550 every track day.

How much we talkin?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

get the super blue, i have an unopened can on my shelf from the last time i worked on a porch....stuff works great.....or ditch the abs and run silicone, yes my snapon will home the earlier kelsey hayes abs modules for bleeding

 

[RICH17]

put food coloring in it

is this for real? i want to be able to see it change when I flush

 

[02BlueGT]

Super blue is compatible with dot 3,4 and 5.1 fluids.

It can run together, but you just end up with the lowest boiling point of liquid in the system, so it is pointless to run half and half, or nything less than 100%

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It can run together, but you just end up with the lowest boiling point of liquid in the system, so it is pointless to run half and half, or nything less than 100%

Well I'd hope he would flush it out....hence why they make 2 different colors of it.

 

[KagA152]

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