<VV> Silicone fluid

[corvair at mb.sympatico.ca]

I have two unopened half-litres of silicone DOT 5 on the shelf at home after deciding to use DOT 3 instead. Anyone interested in making me an offer you know where to find me.

Les
corvair at mts.net
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Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:15:30 -0400
From: "Bill Elliott" <Corvair at fnader.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> RE:  synthetic oil
To: "Jim Burkhard" <burkhard at rochester.rr.com>,
	"kaczmarek at charter.net" <kaczmarek at charter.net>,	"mhicks130 at cox.net"
	<mhicks130 at cox.net>
Cc: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Message-ID: <200507061515.j66FFTFw007299 at tiger.skiblack.com>
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>Add the following advice:

>For Autocrossing or track racing, Silicone is the way to go. It stands up to high temps much 
better than DOT 4

>If you live in the Mountains, or drive in them frequently, I would recommend Silicone. 
Especially if you are still on a 4 drum system. 

>Hank
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Nobody that I know of uses silicone fluid on the track. 

The negative charactersitics  (such as its compressability)  of it far outweigh the boiling 
points on paper. Most everyone that I know uses a synthetic DOT 
3/4 compatible fluid (I use Vavloline Synpower). Even the high boiling points don't work in 
practice as the water that invaribly does get into the system pools 
in the wheel cylinders and boils much quicker than the water-laden glycol based fluids.

Based on my very negative experiences with DOT 5 in street driven Corvairs (including full 
brake failure in a customer's car), I would never ever recommend 
them for anyone who uses their brakes heavily on the street... only for rarely driven trailer 
queens.

Bill Elliott  




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