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Hot brakes, soft pedal, didn't come back much
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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmysidecarr" data-source="post: 6894363" data-attributes="member: 11681"><p></p><p></p><p>Ford changed the formula on our brake fluid a couple years ago when they changed the part # from PM-1 to PM-1-C. </p><p>The dry boiling point went from 550F to 500F.</p><p>That's when I stopped using it for open track. It's still good stuff, just not the outstanding <em><strong>"value racer"</strong></em> item that it used to be.</p><p></p><p>I have been using ATE super blue but it's all gone so I think I'm going with Wilwood next time. Lots of real racers use it and it's reasonably priced.</p><p></p><p>Why does it need to be reasonably priced when brakes are so critically important?</p><p>Because it gets dumped out and replaced <span style="font-size: 10px"><em><strong><em>A LOT!</em></strong></em></span></p><p></p><p>On the brake ducts topic: DO IT! Short tracks, long tracks, whatever.</p><p>You will enjoy longer pad life, more consistent and repeatable brake performance, and will be able to run faster and longer with street/track combo compounds before having to step up to track only race pads.</p><p></p><p>I put ducts on before my 1st ever event(TWS summer 2004), I only had the hoses and aimed them into the center of the rotor, zip tied to the tie rods and spindle. </p><p></p><p>I have never had brake fade. Not from pads or fluid. I've had tires get over heated, but not brakes. I like to stay ahead of my ability as a driver with capable brakes and compatible compounds for wherever my skill level happens to be at.</p><p></p><p>There is less time at speed on short tracks to wash air through your rotors/brakes, before you have to hammer more heat into them.</p><p>Even though the speeds are lower, and each braking event seems less intense, <span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>it is the time <span style="color: red">off</span> the brakes that is missing on the short tracks.</strong></span> </p><p>The only time they can cool, is when you are off the pedal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmysidecarr, post: 6894363, member: 11681"] [SIZE="3"][COLOR="Red"][B][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] Ford changed the formula on our brake fluid a couple years ago when they changed the part # from PM-1 to PM-1-C. The dry boiling point went from 550F to 500F. That's when I stopped using it for open track. It's still good stuff, just not the outstanding [I][B]"value racer"[/B][/I] item that it used to be. I have been using ATE super blue but it's all gone so I think I'm going with Wilwood next time. Lots of real racers use it and it's reasonably priced. Why does it need to be reasonably priced when brakes are so critically important? Because it gets dumped out and replaced [SIZE="2"][I][B][I]A LOT![/I][/B][/I][/SIZE] On the brake ducts topic: DO IT! Short tracks, long tracks, whatever. You will enjoy longer pad life, more consistent and repeatable brake performance, and will be able to run faster and longer with street/track combo compounds before having to step up to track only race pads. I put ducts on before my 1st ever event(TWS summer 2004), I only had the hoses and aimed them into the center of the rotor, zip tied to the tie rods and spindle. I have never had brake fade. Not from pads or fluid. I've had tires get over heated, but not brakes. I like to stay ahead of my ability as a driver with capable brakes and compatible compounds for wherever my skill level happens to be at. There is less time at speed on short tracks to wash air through your rotors/brakes, before you have to hammer more heat into them. Even though the speeds are lower, and each braking event seems less intense, [SIZE="2"][B]it is the time [COLOR="red"]off[/COLOR] the brakes that is missing on the short tracks.[/B][/SIZE] The only time they can cool, is when you are off the pedal. [/QUOTE]
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