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Old 05-20-2015, 10:42 PM
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Default Brake and Clutch fluid. What are you guys who track your car running?

I'm sure this has been beaten to death however my search didn't really give any definitive answers. Some replies were older as well and I'm sure there are some newer products which may work better. Post up your experiences! Was looking at the Wilwood 570 among others. Car will see drag race and some open track events in the near future and I want to get the best products in the car up front. I will be changing the fluid every oil change.
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ATE Type 200 is what a lot of people use. It's a good high temp fluid with a reasonable price. If price is not important there are some slightly better fluids at 2 and 3 times the money.
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I have used a few legit racing fluids. They all work. I don't really know what every oil change is. If you are going to do a track day you should at least clean out the fluid in the caliper every event in my experience, as none of it will last for numerous days. You may get lucky and not have issues for 2 days but i have never made it 3 days without at least putting new fluid in the calipers. If you flush the caliper every track day, ate is plenty good, the more you stretch it the more you might look at something a little more serious.

I just put whatever is in my brakes in my clutch for the season, haven't had issues with it, but i don't drag race either.
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ATE Type 200 is what a lot of people use. It's a good high temp fluid with a reasonable price. If price is not important there are some slightly better fluids at 2 and 3 times the money.
For the amount of time that it takes to do a flush vs the cost of SRF, I just stick with the ATE. I can buy it locally or on Amazon for under $20 a liter. Then I always know that I have fresh fluid in the system before every track weekend.
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Motul RBF 600/660 Works for me.

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For the amount of time that it takes to do a flush vs the cost of SRF, I just stick with the ATE. I can buy it locally or on Amazon for under $20 a liter. Then I always know that I have fresh fluid in the system before every track weekend.
The issue I have is that by the end of the second day my pedal always starts getting long. Fine for a weekend but I do 1 friday-saturday-sunday event and really don't want to have to screw with fluid during that time. I am still looking for the fluid that will work that long. If srf does it, in my case it might be worth it. But I am trying everything else first as everything else is cheaper.
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Motul RBF 600/660 Works for me.

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Same here. Can't go wrong with motul RBF600, its what I use and I have no issues with brake fade.
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Motul RBF600 for my clutch.
Castrol SRF for my (Stoptech ST60/ST40) brakes.
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Thank you for the responses. Looks like Motul will get the nod. What I meant by changing the clutch fluid every oil change was meant to designate the intervals under normal driving conditions. In doing more research I have discovered this is not enough for track use and therefore I would swap it after track outings. As for the brakes, definitely bleed after track days.
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Motul RBF600 for my clutch.
Castrol SRF for my brakes.
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Originally Posted by Scooter70
For the amount of time that it takes to do a flush vs the cost of SRF, I just stick with the ATE. I can buy it locally or on Amazon for under $20 a liter. Then I always know that I have fresh fluid in the system before every track weekend.
Here's the thing though. I tried Motul 600 and Amsoil prior to switching to SRF. When I had the other fluids I had to bleed for every weekend, if not each day of a weekend. With SRF I've gone weekends without touching it. So the price makes up for it.

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