Track forum general chit chat.

[kyoo]

Originally Posted by dparm

Welp, looks like it's time for Torque RT700 or Endless RF-650.

yea availability has been kind of iffy since like may or something. one shop on amazon has a couple bottles left for 80/ea.. lol. still cheaper than endless

[dparm]

Originally Posted by kyoo

yea availability has been kind of iffy since like may or something. one shop on amazon has a couple bottles left for 80/ea.. lol. still cheaper than endless

I ordered a bottle of SRF from Amazon. The compressibility thing sounds like BS for a car with a brake booster.

[Richbot]

maybe something in SRF that's managed to achieve a spot on the human carcinogenic substance list and they're in the middle of a changeover to a substitute. When it's cagey like this, from a long-running specialty product, and it's a propriety petrochemical formula, that's sometimes the case

[Grillpt]

I had an amazon vendor cancel my SRF order a few weeks ago. I'm just using the AMSOil I had laying around.

[XCUSE_M3]

Originally Posted by dparm

Went back to MSR Cresson this afternoon for SCCA TNIA. Managed to get 3.2s off my previous time (which was also my first visit), down to 1:22.44. It's lap 5 if you want to jump ahead. I know there's probably another second in there. Will need to look at the data tomorrow.

Heres yesterday at MSR Cresson with the SCCA TT guys, car is in TT3 trim. You should come out it uses standard Autox classing so I bet you would do great.

[M3 Number 86]

haven't been here in ages.

SRF is going away? I went with Endless a while ago, they are better for sure.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

haven't been here in ages.

SRF is going away? I went with Endless a while ago, they are better for sure.

No don't say that! I love my SRF!

[CarPoor]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

No don't say that! I love my SRF!

I’ve been using Project Mu for three years with good results. Bleeds every pad change and annual flushes.

[Bartledoo]

Originally Posted by CarPoor

I’ve been using Project Mu for three years with good results. Bleeds every pad change and annual flushes.

I have 15 track days on my current srf with no bleeds, and stock calipers. Still performing great.

[SYT_Shadow]

I spent around 1000 on SRF in the past month, I bought everything I could get my hands on and now I'm good to go for a couple seasons.

As long as someone makes SRF I'll buy it, even if I have to ship it here from Europe.


Life is too short to be bleeding brakes every event.

[CarPoor]

Originally Posted by Bartledoo

I have 15 track days on my current srf with no bleeds, and stock calipers. Still performing great.

I’ve been told my bleeds are excessive by the guys that race with it. I have no doubt SRF is the best option, just throwing Project Mu out there again if the SRF does actually go away.

[CorruptCommie]

Switch to Endless instead of shipping from Europe. You might find the pedal feels better as a bonus. Same thing, I don't bleed it for a year.

[dparm]

Switching topics slightly, decided to switch to Carbotech XP12/XP10 pads at the advice of KNS and my driving coach, Scott Adams. Been having issues with the ABS intervening too much (and at random), which makes me think the Hawk DTC-60s have too much initial bite.

Price was about $560 shipped for a set of fronts and rears. I figure if I don't like them, I'll try the Raybestos ST43 which was the other recommendation.

Anyone here have experience with Carbotech? Thoughts on the 12/10, specifically initial bite and modulation?

[SQ13]

Nonsense. SRF won’t go away. F1 teams use it.

[dparm]

Anyone doing MSR Cresson with Chin this weekend? I'll be there both days, getting coaching on Saturday from Scott.

[kyoo]

Originally Posted by CorruptCommie

Switch to Endless instead of shipping from Europe. You might find the pedal feels better as a bonus. Same thing, I don't bleed it for a year.

curious on this - endless' wet boiling point is about a hundred degrees lower than srf's, but no issues?

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by SQ13

Nonsense. SRF won’t go away. F1 teams use it.

I'm sure it's not going away, but there have been periodic shortages in previous years where it's hard to come by

[CorruptCommie]

Originally Posted by kyoo

curious on this - endless' wet boiling point is about a hundred degrees lower than srf's, but no issues?

It's OE in cup cars.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by CorruptCommie

It's OE in cup cars.

shouldn't that disqualify it from running in an M car?

just kidding, just kidding

[dparm]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

I'm sure it's not going away, but there have been periodic shortages in previous years where it's hard to come by

KNS told me Castrol underestimated the demand and basically ran out. No information available on when production would resume and when it would start getting to retailers again.

Also possible that some key ingredient is seeing shortages as well. SRF's formula is quite unique.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by dparm

KNS told me Castrol underestimated the demand and basically ran out. No information available on when production would resume and when it would start getting to retailers again.

Also possible that some key ingredient is seeing shortages as well. SRF's formula is quite unique.

I feel kind of responsible for the shortage, I just love the stuff

[PrimeBMW]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

shouldn't that disqualify it from running in an M car?

just kidding, just kidding

Ha! I run a 991 cup car electric power steering pump 😬