pcarplayer

Its a sad pic but at least you are lucky enough to have known a car that was so hard to say goodbye to

nzskater

Nice, thanks for the info, is much appreciated. Steel brakes Matt which I'm glad for, wouldn't want the stress of owning PCCB. Thanks for the heads up on pads, is no doubt the next question I'll have, but one better placed on the Turbo forum I'm sure.

Just picked up 2 x 1L bottles from Repco for $100 each. There's 13 more showing on their site (no more at Pukekohe...) but it was as simple as asking for the Pukekohe store to transfer to the store nearest me, am sure the others can do the same for anyone else after fluid. Cheaper than buying from the USA.

http://www.clearancecentre.repco.co....cription%3DSrf

Assuming there's a single type of Castrol SRF out there, and shelf life is relatively long until use.

Kiwi Carguy

Made me laugh out loud that did! Cheers

Runtothehills

Probably not the easiest manual to start with then i'll keep the hunt going, Been avoiding any track days to err on the side of caution while we are expecting, hence not coming to the open day, which sounds awesome, could be needing a getaway by April!

Also with the SRF you probably know but I have been told by several people it does not mix well at all with Original Porsche fluid so you will have to drain it completly. Was thinking of switching myself but haven't experienced any soft pedal that a small brake bleed hasn't fixed yet.

Kiwi Carguy

Macca with your Porsche Tap, Porsche downlight, Porsche Toboggan and Porsche undies etc I haven't seen you with any of these? http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/ski-...-836934557.htm

John McM

Correct, SRF doesn't play well with normal fluid so it must be completely drained before putting SRF in.

It's a good idea to keep spare SRF fluid in the car and mark the reservoir cap with SRF only so no one makes an error topping it off with normal fluid.

In emergencies you can too off with normal fluid, but then the whole system will need flushing. I read that one of the problems with mixing is that normal fluid absorbs water whereas SRF doesn't. If you mix SRF with normal fluid there is a possibility of water pooling in the braking system.

Macca

Thanks mate - its now on my watch list!

As you know the Porsche tap & Downlight are on the block. But I do have the Vintage Porsche SkiBob, Vintage Porsche FS bike and the Porsche design Toboggan so I bloody well need the Skis to complete the collection!

mjg

SRF is hygroscopic, just like all polyethylene glycol-based brake fluids. That's obvious from the fact that they list both wet and dry boiling points and from the fact that Castrol recommend flushing every 18 months.

It's miscible with all other polyethylene glycol-based fluids too, but obviously if you mix SRF with a lower performance fluid you reduce the benefit of the SRF, which is why it's recommended to use a single fluid in the system.

sp1ked

Looking super clean Dave. Nice job on the wheels too.

John McM

My bad. SRF works two ways:

1. It is less hydroscopic than normal glycol ester fluids

2. It reacts with water to reduce the impact on the boiling point.

SRF is Dot 4. For some reason I thought it was Dot 5, which is not recommended for racing as water pools in calipers. I think Dot 5 is silicone whereas SRF is Silicon Ester.

John McM

Getting cabin fever. I'm trying to figure out where I can test the suspension without making a pest of myself.

peterC2S

Woodcocks Rd - after work tomorrow?

John McM

Bit far for a work evening but I like the way you are thinking.

peterC2S

Only up the road from me. You need to knock off early!

John McM

I bookended today with the Turbo 3.6 delivery and R service so nose to the grindstone for a bit.