Re[2]: silicone brake fluid - long response. Pass if you choose.

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:19:53 -0400 Diana and Mike Kohlbrenner <kohlbren-m-d@domain.elided> wrote:
> From: LtWacko@domain.elided <LtWacko@domain.elided>

> > ...So what is the advantage of Silisone brake fluid?  
> >    It doesn't compress as much as DOT4/3 giving better brake
> >       performance and feel.
 
> Glycol fluid is pretty much incompressible.
 
> Somewhere I recall hearing that silicone fluid gets spongy
> at higher temperatures.

the usual presumption is that brake fluid turns compressible at its boiling
point. silicone fluids turn compressible at temps which are lower than
their boiling point.
 
> >    Has a higher boiling point.
> >    Great for RACINGand RACING BUDGETS!!
 
> I'm fairly certain they don't use silicone brake fluid for racing.
> They will use fancy $70/liter synthetic fluid, but it's not silicone.

the synthetic motul racing is really cool stuff. what it isn't is silicone.
i know some racers who use silicone fluids, but damn few.
 
> Silicone seems to only be used by folks with garage queen
> show cars that spend so much on paint jobs that they don't
> want to risk spilling glycol fluid on it.  One of the other traits
> of silicone brake fluid is that it doesn't harm paint.

it's really the only interesting and useful property of the stuff.

richard
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