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Can any one please give me some advice as to which brake fluid to use in my car? It is time for me to replace the stock fluid, and I dont mind spending good money for the better stuff. I will be going to an Open Track day at a local 2 mile road course, so i need to put some stuff in the car that will handle that load.
Nikolas
1999 Mercury Cougar V6
KKM Intake,SVT TB, SVT Upper/Lower, 19lb injectors, Diablo Chip, MSDS Headers, Custom Exhaust, B&M Short Shifter, Progress Lowering Springs, 18" Axis TC's, OMP Strut Bar, AAM 24mm Rear Sway Bar, Koni Struts
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I would recommend the ATE Super Blue racing fluid. it works great, and has a high wet/dry boiling points. plus it is blue, so you can easily tell when your lines are completely bled. They also have a gold/orange color fluid with the same properties for the next time you bleed the lines... clever. I've used this at a two-day track event with no problems. Usually about $9 bucks a quart though I've seen it on sale for $5.
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Soon enough Jim should chime in pimping the ford heavy duty DOT3...
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fix, custom shift boot, monsterflow intake, Ecotek valve
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I thought DOT3 and DOT4 are not compatible with eachother and therefore can not be mixed.
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They would be compatible. Pointless to use the advantages of the DOT 4 if there is DOT 3 in with it though.
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Originally posted by JSmith:
I thought DOT3 and DOT4 are not compatible with eachother and therefore can not be mixed. DOT 5 is the one that is not compatable with the others. DOT 3 and DOT 4 are completely compatable, but mixing them would make the resulting fluid something in between, probably closer to DOT 3. If you do a thorough flush, there would not be enough mixing to worry about.
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