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I put my speed bleeders in yesterday,front and rear,and then flushed all the old black brake fluid out an ran some synthetic(Havoline?)thru it. I wasnt expecting to feel this much of a difference!I did think my brakes were begining to fade a little,thought I needed new pads.But now,NOW these breaks have a new life to them.Maybe the old fluid was spent or just the synthetic stuff is really good..... The Speed Bleeders made the job so simple too,just connect a small piece of hose and pump untill the new fluid flows thru....repeat four times(each wheel).Took all of an hour or less.Plus I did it in the rain!If your married and have kids,they went to the mall,so you understand the time by myself thing..never happens.This is why I did it in the rain,that and I had already started and wanted to finish. Sooooo anyway if you havent flushed your brakes lately here is your incentive.I have only 33K on my 98 and it made a heck of a difference! 
Howard
1998 Silverfrost SVT #1612
June mods:
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with 215/45/17 Yokohama AVS Sports
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I bled the Brake System and used Super Blue Racing Brake Fluid for it's Dry and Wet boiling point levels. Wet <536 deg.F>, Dry <392 deg.F> The difference is uncanny! In our last Open Track Event at our local Road Course I had 0 Brake Frade, I was simply amazed. That's with the stock pads, rotors and brake lines. Our previous meet with the Ford Dot3 it didn't hold up for to long before I could barely stop at the end of the straight away!!! Our Next Event I'll have EBC pads (?) and Steel Brake Lines. 
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You guys have me excited, just took mine into today to get the brake system flushed and add the ATE super blue shizzo. . .i hope Meineke does it right this time, last time they installed rear pads for me, they forgot the caliper screw, and the whole thing disassembled under a hard breaking emergency stop. Needless to say, this is the last thing they'll ever do on my car. . .
'98 Black SVT #651 of 6535
KKM Intake (Miks Heat Shield in Winters/Drop-in K&N Summers), SHO Y-Pipe, and Bassani Exhaust.
Eibach Pro-Kit, Koni Struts, and Enkei RS5's with BFG-KDWs (215/45-ZR17)
BAER 13" big brake kit+rear baer rotors all zinc washed, cross-drilled and slotted (Greenstuff binding rears)
Kenwood head unit with Infinity reference speakers+1 8" Bazooka Tube fed by two MTX Blue Thunder amps.
Hella Stage II HIDS from hids4less.com.
Recaro Sport Seats trimmed in supple black leather.
And Zymol wax to keep it squeaky clean.
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Originally posted by ssmumich00:
You guys have me excited, just took mine into today to get the brake system flushed and add the ATE super blue shizzo. . .i hope Meineke does it right this time, last time they installed rear pads for me, they forgot the caliper screw, and the whole thing disassembled under a hard breaking emergency stop. Needless to say, this is the last thing they'll ever do on my car. . . OK, let me get this straight. You hope Meineke does it right this time, because last time the completely screwed up something simple and you are never going back again? Then why are they the ones doing the brake flush? Or am I missing something?
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Added speed bleeders & flushed my brakes too. It made a huge difference in fade & pedal feel. Oh yeah. I added SS lines & new Pads too. :rolleyes: Silly me...  I highly recommend flushing your brakes every 2-3yrs. I used Valvoline Synpower; great stuff. The Ford Super Blue is great as well.
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I just picked up some new cross drilled/slotted and silver plated rotors from SP motorsports and I got some of that Super Blue racing fluid with speed bleeders. I can't wait to get them installed. The rotors I have now make my car fee like it is going to fall apart during hard braking and I just had them turned a few months ago.
1999 V6 MTX Black Cougar
Jacobs ignition system, Borla dual exhaust, Sho shop y pipe and hi flow cat, gutted precats with MIL eliminators, IAT rewire, vitek ignition wires, SCA CAI with monster flow filter, Unorthodox racing pulley, BAT rear strut brace, Battery relocation to trunk, eibachs, KVR crossdrilled/slotted rotors, freedom design strut brace and Tuned S-AFC
Waiting to be installed:
svt engine with 11k miles on it/ fidanza flywheel/Quaife/energy suspension engine mount inserts.
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What's the part number for the speed bleeders?
Front & Rear? I heard that there was a model change between the years... i have a '99SVT.
Where did you all order it from? Can I get them at the local Pep-Boys?
Thanks.
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Originally posted by SVTimulate:
What's the part number for the speed bleeders?
Front & Rear? I heard that there was a model change between the years... i have a '99SVT.
Where did you all order it from? Can I get them at the local Pep-Boys?
Thanks. The link to Speed Bleeder is in my first post above. Yes I think they did do a model change somewhere....do a search in the brakes forum,lots of speed bleeder posts there. For 98 its SB1010 front and SB1010S for the rear.The "S" is for short.
Howard
1998 Silverfrost SVT #1612
June mods:
17" ADR RS Limited Limix Wheels
with 215/45/17 Yokohama AVS Sports
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PAL3SVT,
You're right, they screwed it up last time, that's why they're fixing what they screwed for FREE. Otherwise, there's no way in HELL you could drag me back there.
'98 Black SVT #651 of 6535
KKM Intake (Miks Heat Shield in Winters/Drop-in K&N Summers), SHO Y-Pipe, and Bassani Exhaust.
Eibach Pro-Kit, Koni Struts, and Enkei RS5's with BFG-KDWs (215/45-ZR17)
BAER 13" big brake kit+rear baer rotors all zinc washed, cross-drilled and slotted (Greenstuff binding rears)
Kenwood head unit with Infinity reference speakers+1 8" Bazooka Tube fed by two MTX Blue Thunder amps.
Hella Stage II HIDS from hids4less.com.
Recaro Sport Seats trimmed in supple black leather.
And Zymol wax to keep it squeaky clean.
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quick question for you guys that have done a full fluid flush recently, how much fluid did it take you? I'm doing mine tonight and gotta pick up some fluid on the way home.
It's all about balance.
bcphillips@peoplepc.com
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