TD in DC

Thanks all.

With respect to brake fluid, I have a lot of SRF left over from the days of tracking the 996. Before the beginning of the season next year, I am going to flush out all of the blue and go with SRF. With SRF in a 944, I doubt that I will need to bleed the brake fluid but once every 3-4 months

genikz

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This is great stuff guys, thanks for putting in so much effort in the responses.

Eric in Chicago

After "nut and bolt" check of your car, the best way to save time is to use torque lock on the head of the bolt/screw/clip. I used to use my wife's nail polish to mark the bolts after I checked them and then found this stuff. Keep the wife happy and lets me do a visual check to see if anything got loose in a couple of seconds.
When the bolt becomes loose, the orange "seal" cracks and you know to torque it back into spec. This is very useful on the CV bolts as you dont have to check each bolt, you can just look at it. This is not used like locktite, it is a used as a marking method on the outside of the bolt/mating surface.

You can buy this stuff for like 1.50 per tube. 3 tubes will do every bolt on the engine/trans/suspension.

I change front bearings each season, re pack them 2x a season. Rears every 2 years (because they are such a pain). CV's get re packed once a season. Replaced every 3 years (whole axle, saves time) Oil change every 2 races. Trans fluid each season. Over the course of 3 years, I have replaced every possible failure item before it could fail (alt,fuel pump,starter,brake and clutch slave,belts,coil,dist, ect)
I keep the parts for spares on the trailer in case something does fail, I have yet to have a DNF in 3 years racing this car. Too much time and money in a race weekend to have something fail and keep me from racing!!
I also keep half shaft,tie rod and other parts that could get bent/broken as well as consumable stuff like pads, rotors, replacement fluid.
So, if your ever at a race that I am at and something breaks, chances are I am going to have it.
BTW, I changed to SRF this season (used up my 3 cased os ATE Blue) and have bled the brakes once, yes, once. The stuff rocks! (8 races )

spazegun2213

TD, this is a great post, thanks everyone for adding to this!!

sidsport

Thanks for all the great info.

Sounds like I'm due for tranny fluid. What do y'all recommend?

924RACR

I'm very happy with the Redline fluid - running it in both race and street cars - and use the LSD stuff in the racecar, did a great job of locking up my weak diff! Sure beat a rebuild!!!