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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Brake Fluid decision

Im on stock fluid right now, car has 60k miles and i feel the brakes are starting to go.

I will be changing, rotors, pads and lines, and was reading up on brake fluid.

After my research i am unsure of whether to go with

NEO SUPER DOT 610

or

Endless RF-610


The car is a DD and will see the traditional autocross/track days, and i wanted to make sure im steering in the right direction
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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I personally use MOTUL RBF600... it has a extremely high wet boiling point and it'll last me a whole weekend with heavy abuse and I daily drive my car aswell like that really matters...

I change my fluid after weekend of tracking...

Great fluid overall...!
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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ATE Blue is the best all-around street/track fluid I've found. Great specs, lasts a long time, cheap, and is a neat blue color making flushing very easy Read the stickied threads at the top of this forum, plenty of good brake fluid info is availab.e
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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the color blue only helps you out the first time you flush - lol
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by funks
the color blue only helps you out the first time you flush - lol
Thats why the buy their amber colored version for the next time
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Amsoils Dot 4 fluid is the best at handling high heat without costing as sky high as motuls comparable high temp fluid.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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Motul 600 takes the heat and at $20 a bottle is cheap insurance.
If your Brembos are "Brownbos", its the right stuff.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 02:45 AM
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Amsoil DOT4 is $13.50 a bottle. And higher temp rating than the Motul. And that new Endless is $35 a bottle.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ct-thread.html
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 04:17 AM
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I have used Motul and ATE Super Blue and couldn't tell the difference. I use Super Blue simply because the Blue/Gold flush is easy to do and it's cost effective.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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how much fluid is needed for a brake flush?
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 06:09 AM
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I like using 2 - 12/13 oz bottles. For a first time change over, then 1 bottle to bleed after that.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Nomad4g63
how much fluid is needed for a brake flush?
Just a hair less than a liter bottle to flush everything.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SmikeEvo
Amsoil DOT4 is $13.50 a bottle. And higher temp rating than the Motul. And that new Endless is $35 a bottle.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...ct-thread.html



This for street and weekend warior, or that for hardcore NASA TT, or any hardcore racing




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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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You'll want the DOT4.

I generally use a little less than 1L to fully flush/bleed the brakes and clutch lines.
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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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For just occasional track days you should be fine with ATE Super Blue. I've run it in my VR-4 at several tracks (NHMS, WGI, Lime Rock) that require various levels of brake abuse without any issues, and most of the EVO guys in my track group are Super Blue fans as well.

There's no sense in spending extra money on brake fluid if you don't need to.

Clint
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