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| ThePaintedMan |
 Feb 25 2013, 10:02 PM
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All right boys and girls, I DID use the glorious search function, but didn't find quite the answers I was looking for. After talking with John (FourBlades) at the PCA DE this weekend about brake fluid for a track car, I thought it might be pertinent to have some of you racers weigh in on your choice of fluids. Keep in mind, the *goal* is 14 hours at Sebring. Quite likely that the first motor won't make it that long, but to give us the best chance possible, what do you think would be a good engine oil and transmission fluid to go with for a long race like that? I think 20-50 is still the go-to, but would something like Brad Penn stand up to that long of a race at temps that high? How about Swepco for the transmission? I would think both of these would call for some kind of chemistry designed for racing, but have never heard of what endurance guys use in their aircooled Porsches for long races like these.
Don't worry about the brake fluid - I think we've already decided that SRF is the only way to go. |
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| yeahmag |
Feb 27 2013, 12:22 PM
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In my book Motul RBF600 is the best money can buy. Not sure I'd worry too much about what you run in the trans as long as it's the correct specs and is fresh. For motor oil I only have experience with Brad Penn Racing Oil 20w-50 and I would get that stuff REALLY hot and it held up well. Raby claims the new Joe Gibbs variety's are even better, so if you can stomach the price I don't think you can go wrong.
Are you running any external cooler of any sort? |
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ThePaintedMan Racing fluids Feb 25 2013, 10:02 PM
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