Pads and fluid for next year

[Cartman]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Type200 and Super Blue are both pretty low boiling points compared to RBF660, RT700 and SRF, but aren't bad fluids at all. I started off with Super Blue but moved to SRF a couple summers ago.

Yeah, locals recommend Castrol SRF, but ATE has been awesome in the last 2 years I've used it.

[icybrzzz]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Can I make a guess that they don't carry it, and wanted you to buy something they did have?

Haha you are spot on sir. They wanted to sell me what they had in stock. In this case rbf660.

[Cartman]

Originally Posted by wparsons

Castrol SRF is the gold standard for break fluid, I got through a whole summer last year without having to re-bleed it. I'm running project mU club racer pads, decent (better than stock) cold bite and they're like glue when warm. They'll survive 20 minute sessions on the DDT without fading on stock calipers/rotors.

You should be able to find SRF locally, but it'll be around $85/liter.

Try Raybestos ST43... you will not regret them... I used up a set of Club racers in 6 events... The Raybestos I had on the OEM calipers have 7 events iirc and still look brand new.

[wparsons]

I've heard suggestions for them, as well as PF pads. How are the ST43's on rotors daily driving? The club racers have been really friendly, I'd rather swap pads a little more frequently than get an extra day but need rotors too.

[Cartman]

Originally Posted by wparsons

I've heard suggestions for them, as well as PF pads. How are the ST43's on rotors daily driving? The club racers have been really friendly, I'd rather swap pads a little more frequently than get an extra day but need rotors too.

I used to switch to Stoptech pads for DD... the ST43 and the club racers made too much noise to DD. As for the rotors... I had Stoptech slotted rotors and they only went down to to 23.75mm thickness from 24mm... they are heat cracked to hell though. But they did have 10K miles of DD, and 13 track events (6 with the club racers, and 7 with the ST43)

[icybrzzz]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

I was quoted around $60/500ml of the Torque RT700 from ft86motorsports.com. I found SRF locally for $90/litre so I'm planning to try running that next year. If it doesn't work out, I'll get the Torque fluid next time.

I've been doing some reading and I'm leaning towards running Winmax W5 all around because a lot of people suggest they hold up well, have decent cold bite and don't sound like a bus when stopping on the street.

I was considering running staggered compounds with W4 front and W5 rear to maintain close to OEM brake bias with my BBK but there are a lot of reasons not do this. First, I'm not sure I really want to be putting the less capable pad on the front of my car. Next, I hear the W4s are actually really noisy on the street compared to the W5. Finally I'm not sure that the bias correction will really be useful to me when running more aggressive tires (RS3) and my suspension setup (6k front, 4k rear) I expect there to be additional load in the front under braking so increasing front brake torque might actually be beneficial.

I am still interested in other opinions though but this is the direction I'm leaning.

Where did you find it for $90 locally? Best price I could get so far was $115.

[wparsons]

Try CanJam, I bought from Ewald Performance, but he has moved to BC recently.

[Lynxis]

So this is awkward. There is a local motorbike shop that carries some odd fluids and things so I called them and they told me they stock it at 90 a bottle so I stopped in yesterday and they all looked at me like I had 2 heads when I asked for it. Turns out I had called some place in the States with a similar name by accident. $90US is a bit steep for this fluid but some people will charge what they can I guess...

[icybrzzz]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

So this is awkward. There is a local motorbike shop that carries some odd fluids and things so I called them and they told me they stock it at 90 a bottle so I stopped in yesterday and they all looked at me like I had 2 heads when I asked for it. Turns out I had called some place in the States with a similar name by accident. $90US is a bit steep for this fluid but some people will charge what they can I guess...

Oh wow thats pretty funny actually... I called around today and I got quoted $60+tax for 1L of castrol srf. Will report back when they give me an ETA for shipping.

[Lynxis]

Originally Posted by icybrzzz

Oh wow thats pretty funny actually... I called around today and I got quoted $60+tax for 1L of castrol srf. Will report back when they give me an ETA for shipping.

Awesome, let me know how that goes for you, $60/litre CAD is a pretty good deal. Who quoted you that?

[Lynxis]

Just the final point on this thread to let people know what I went with. I placed an order with ft86motorsports.com which arrived on Friday but I was out of the office that day and couldn't get it until today: