downside to running Motul RBF600 on street?
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so warmpepsi let me ask you this since you have experience...im signing up for the homestead race the 21st of october... right now i have stock fluid with 14k on it and hawk hps pads will i be alright? or ya think i should switch out the fluid? i drive my car pretty hard, all the time... reallllly hard.... figure if i own it, use it, cause its sure doesnt get good gas milege to drive it slow... i didnt want to get a hard core pad because these are good enough on the street and highway... i haven't been able to get them to fade or over heat doing several 120-140 hard brakes on the highway to see if i'm gonna have any problems on race day
any input would be great
thanks!
any input would be great
thanks!
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Better safe than sorry 4 wheel. Change the fluid out to the Motul rather than boiling your stock fluid. I'd rather spend the $ and flog my car on the track not worrying about that.
Drive all the way to FL for a day/weekend? I hope you're inviting me to stay at your house for free cause that trip will make me broke!
Drive all the way to FL for a day/weekend? I hope you're inviting me to stay at your house for free cause that trip will make me broke!
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Originally Posted by 4 Wheel Slide
so warmpepsi let me ask you this since you have experience...im signing up for the homestead race the 21st of october... right now i have stock fluid with 14k on it and hawk hps pads will i be alright? or ya think i should switch out the fluid? i drive my car pretty hard, all the time... reallllly hard.... figure if i own it, use it, cause its sure doesnt get good gas milege to drive it slow... i didnt want to get a hard core pad because these are good enough on the street and highway... i haven't been able to get them to fade or over heat doing several 120-140 hard brakes on the highway to see if i'm gonna have any problems on race day
any input would be great
thanks!
any input would be great
thanks!
There were 3 evo's down there the last time i ran at homestead in july. Me, and 2 others. Both were basically stock (i think one had cams), One guy boiled the fluid, and i think he glazed the pads. The other just kept fading them, then boiled it.
Homestead isn't really that hard on brakes, imo. However, i would upgrade it to something better. I'm not a fan of ATE, but i've got 3 containers of it here unopened.
I"m honestly not familiar at all with hawk pads, other than i was just given some basic info on the DTC's, earlier today. I'd say you'll probably fade them if they're a street pad.
Also, if you haven't signed up, and you're a novice, theres a good chance you're SOL, because the novice reg. is already full i believe.
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Originally Posted by andysoo8284
Better safe than sorry 4 wheel. Change the fluid out to the Motul rather than boiling your stock fluid. I'd rather spend the $ and flog my car on the track not worrying about that.
Drive all the way to FL for a day/weekend? I hope you're inviting me to stay at your house for free cause that trip will make me broke!
Drive all the way to FL for a day/weekend? I hope you're inviting me to stay at your house for free cause that trip will make me broke!
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I'm about as far as anyone can get from Florida in the continental US. Washington -> Florida. Oh man to think I was willing to do the drive so many years ago for a CN kit. So glad I didn't waste my money. Guardian? What Guardian? Oh you mean my plastic paper weight.
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Sbring this weekend is still open! we're going up Fraiday eve to run Sat.
you're runnin? know anyone else that is?
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Originally Posted by 4 Wheel Slide
so warmpepsi let me ask you this since you have experience...im signing up for the homestead race the 21st of october... right now i have stock fluid with 14k on it and hawk hps pads will i be alright? or ya think i should switch out the fluid? i drive my car pretty hard, all the time... reallllly hard.... figure if i own it, use it, cause its sure doesnt get good gas milege to drive it slow... i didnt want to get a hard core pad because these are good enough on the street and highway... i haven't been able to get them to fade or over heat doing several 120-140 hard brakes on the highway to see if i'm gonna have any problems on race day
any input would be great
thanks!
any input would be great
thanks!
If you do anything at least blead the brakes with some fresh Valvoline Synpower. It's cheap and easy to find at the local auto store. Running HPS I doubt you're going to boil the fluid before the pads fade anyway. I didn't have to switch over to Motul until I started getting a lot faster and running r-comps.
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Originally Posted by mayhem
4wheel,
If you do anything at least blead the brakes with some fresh Valvoline Synpower. It's cheap and easy to find at the local auto store. Running HPS I doubt you're going to boil the fluid before the pads fade anyway. I didn't have to switch over to Motul until I started getting a lot faster and running r-comps.
If you do anything at least blead the brakes with some fresh Valvoline Synpower. It's cheap and easy to find at the local auto store. Running HPS I doubt you're going to boil the fluid before the pads fade anyway. I didn't have to switch over to Motul until I started getting a lot faster and running r-comps.
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The Valvoline is a great brake fluid for a daily driver, or to use in the off season. Here's some more info...
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=228916
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=228916
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