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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:07 am

looking at high performance brake fluids....any body used ate racing blue...seems to be in a lot of porsches?any views..


i know some use castrol srf but in my opinion its well over the top in terms of price and spec.....35-50 pound a litre :roll:

its just for fast road use...not track.
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:22 am

have you uprated anything else?
I'm afraid I can't see the point. Most Porsche have Brembo brakes.

Just use quality DOT 4 and change it on schedule. Can you use DOT 5 or 5.1 (both Silicone based) in the E30?
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:52 am

ATE Super Blue seems the consensus for fast road, just the next step up from standard fluids.
You'd only want better for track use.

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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:44 am

orangecurry wrote:have you uprated anything else?
I'm afraid I can't see the point. Most Porsche have Brembo brakes.

Just use quality DOT 4 and change it on schedule. Can you use DOT 5 or 5.1 (both Silicone based) in the E30?
think its dot 5 you cant use in e30 system?
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:53 am

Motul RBF is about £6 a litre, I use that in my track 200sx and used it previously in a very high power Skyline, its good stuff :D
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:41 pm

i got DOT 5.1 in my e30 and she is spot on
never get any brake fade even with brakes smoky hot round a track
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:47 pm

Unless you have boiled you brake fluid, don't bother. You may have actually boiled it from leaving it to long between changes.

If you really feel the need, use motul rbf500 to start with and see how you get on with that. Pikey where did you get yours from, as ordering it online adds about another £6 to post the bloody stuff. Making it £12 a litre! :o
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Post Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:54 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:Unless you have boiled you brake fluid, don't bother. You may have actually boiled it from leaving it to long between changes.

If you really feel the need, use motul rbf500 to start with and see how you get on with that. Pikey where did you get yours from, as ordering it online adds about another £6 to post the bloody stuff. Making it £12 a litre! :o
ditto. used motul RBF; think it came second in a test of loads of fluids only to that stupidly expensive castrol stuff; cant fault it so far.