Baer 14" 2piston PBR calipers vs Stock GT500 Brembos

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Jul 26, 2010 | 05:59 AM

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jaguarking11

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From: NY

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Originally Posted by tr6nut

One very good reason for not using the Ford stuff is the low wet boiling point (284F). The dry boiling point specified for brake fluid is only valid the minute you open the can. Every day after that minute, your fluid is absorbing water and the boiling point is dropping. Also, your other "nice thing" is also potentially a not-so-nice thing: You have to get Ford Brake fluid from the stealership. Is your dealership's parts dept open on Sundays? Some are not even open on Saturdays. For a daily driver, I would recommend Valvoline Synthetic (Synpower) DOT4. It has high dry and wet boiling points (527/347), is inexpensive (~$4), and is available at almost any auto parts store.

For my open track car, I use Motul RBF600 (593/420). It's about $13 a bottle and I can get it at my local motorcycle dealer.

Its not a real big deal what the wet boiling point is anymore for me. With street use I will do a complete bleed once a year, and a bleed and top off before/after every track session. As for dealers not being open on sundays. I bought my stuff when I ordered rear rotors. I actualy used about 5 containers of the stuff as I did a complete flush, then a 500mile after bed in, I bleed of the brakes again to ensure a nice firm pedal.

As for the valvoline stuff, I may have to look into it for next years flush. Might be worth the change over.

Jul 26, 2010 | 02:46 PM

#42

CO_VaporGT_09

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From: Arvada, CO

I've decided no more EBC for me. Swapped out my YellowStuff pads (which held up great at the last track event, and the dust is easily cleaned off) for the new StopTech branded pads (high performance street/light track) pads, and the difficulty getting the EBC in and out of the StopTech calipers is ridiculous. They're made to the old Porsche spec, I think, and therefore just slightly too big, in width, height (bridge closing was difficult), and thickness. The StopTech pads slipped right in, as did the Hawk Blue I used to clean the rotors a while back.

The EBC fit great in the stock rear calipers, but I'll be using a different brand in the future for the fronts.