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Ended up being a $85 oil change for everything, ran it for almost a year. Nice oil, but I realized ex post facto that the cold (40* C) viscosity is 130 cSt, and the viscosity at that temperature for Mobil 1 15W-50 is 125 cSt.... meaning, even though it's a 5W-50, it was thicker at low temps than a 15W-50. Not really a huge deal though. The castrol you bought is 114.36 cSt at that temp, which is the lowest of the 3, which is good for your area.
Crap, I assumed the pour point of the Castrol 5w50 was going to be less:
But your input inspired me to look further into the pour point...
ONLY -30 degrees celsius. Darn it.
Whereas the pourpoint of the Redline you tried is -45 C
And the M1 15w50 is -39C
I've never done much Handbrake pulling / drifting as it tends to be coverted by the Rally boys..........
I do have however a Hydraulic handbrake operated by the standard handbrake lever which is cable operated!
I bought off Ebay a Hydraulic assembly like this..........
I then hacked off the handle, and used the smaller length as my pivot lever, which could be operated by a Cable, hence I could retain the car's original handbrake, location and operation but the handbrake will now clamp the rear brake calipers instead of the original shoes........
The reason I did it was because when I stripped the whole rear axle assembly the cables were all grotty and needed replacing and also the shoes were worn, so I thought wouldn't it look and be neat to do away with them and just operate the handbrake through the rear calipers but also without having to have try and fit a new different type of "drift" handle which would of been difficult!
The Master cylinder effectively runs "Inline" on the rear fluid hard line, the car was having brand new Copper lines anyway, so we tucked this bracket up near the end of the torque tube and plumbed the lines accordingly..
Then I had a bespoke Cable made to suit the handle connection and the master
I've never done much Handbrake pulling / drifting as it tends to be coverted by the Rally boys..........
I do have however a Hydraulic handbrake operated by the standard handbrake lever which is cable operated!
I bought off Ebay a Hydraulic assembly like this..........
I then hacked off the handle, and used the smaller length as my pivot lever, which could be operated by a Cable, hence I could retain the car's original handbrake, location and operation but the handbrake will now clamp the rear brake calipers instead of the original shoes........
The reason I did it was because when I stripped the whole rear axle assembly the cables were all grotty and needed replacing and also the shoes were worn, so I thought wouldn't it look and be neat to do away with them and just operate the handbrake through the rear calipers but also without having to have try and fit a new different type of "drift" handle which would of been difficult!
The Master cylinder effectively runs "Inline" on the rear fluid hard line, the car was having brand new Copper lines anyway, so we tucked this bracket up near the end of the torque tube and plumbed the lines accordingly..
Then I had a bespoke Cable made to suit the handle connection and the master
Hopefully it will all work out well......
R
Neat idea. Did you get rid of the whole parking brake assembly inside the hub then? I guess you lose a bit of redundancy but I don't have a lot of faith in the parking brake's ability as an "emergency" brake anyway.
Neat idea. Did you get rid of the whole parking brake assembly inside the hub then? I guess you lose a bit of redundancy but I don't have a lot of faith in the parking brake's ability as an "emergency" brake anyway.
Yes the trailing arms have no shoes or linkages in them, or do I have the twin cables and the join etc....
01-11-2016, 09:39 AM
