track day prep?

squid said:

Speedventures Jan 6+7 @ Streets of Willow. I'm probably 50% at this point...if I have the car back and I'm back in town and not a zombie and the planets are aligned right...I'll swing by.

Why would I bleed brakes if they're fine already? I don't touch brake fluid, I've seen what it does to plastic, nevermind skin.

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You would bleed them because while they maybe fine, they could be better. Also, your brake fluid over time looses quality and therefore has a lower boiling point. By putting newer/better fluid in it, you raise the boiling point, possibly improve pedal feel, and generall reduce the chances of boiling your fluid and smushing your pedal to the floor on the track and not stoping.

That one is fun, I did it once in a Spec Miata on Laguna Seca, I simply spun the car out to stop ^_^. Drive it like you stole it... but only if you don't have to drive it home.

Also, go get your hand dirty! Bleeding brakes is not that difficult, especially if you have a pedal bitch, and its really not as evil a fluid as many people make it out to be. It does not disolve all plastics, maybe foam cups and craptastic plastic, but I usually drain my brake fluid into plastic containers... out of my plastic brake fluid reservoir, with no issues. Not to mention the fact that I have be covered in brake fluid a number of times by my own stupidity. I admit if your doing porn, and you are purpousely covering yourself in an automotive fluid, go for synthetic motor oil. However, brake fluid really isnt that bad.


Cliffs notes: Go bleed your brakes as work is good for the soul, get a crowbar to defend from zombies (saw it in Half-Life, works wonders), and the planets will be aligned correctly if you will them to be. I watched an interviwe with Depac Chopra on the daily show last night... and he said something along those lines, so go with it.

maserati of minneapolis said:

Overall, I think the ATE is far better for what people here are using it for. It absorbs water pretty slowly, and doesn't have to be changed too often. For street and light track duty, a very good fluid. I am pretty sure the only difference between super blue and typ 200 is color. Comes in metal cans.. expensive to begin with too.

- Mark

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Correct, there is a blue, and a gold, "superblue." This is convienent when flushing the system, so you know when you are pulling new fluid.

I use superblue, and love it, and there are lots of retail places that actually sell it. In the Bay Area, Edge Motorworks in Dublin, and all of the Monument Auto locations I know stock it, and it really is not that pricey at only $12 a liter online at Bavarian Autosport, vs $23 for Agip.

If your going doom shotgun, go big or go home.

Double barrels to the extreme!