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2001 ZTS,Mar 18 2005, 08:42 PM Wrote:I get it.

This is why you were mad at me in the other thread.

LADIES & GENTLEMEN: WHATEVER FORD, CRAPPY TIRE, MIDAS, K-MART, WALLMART ETC SELLS IS 100% "MEGA SIC" FOR YOUR FOCUS.

If anyone here can tell me what the boiling point of stock brake fluid is and tell me why 99% of people here should care please reply.
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i never got mad with you, i just find your opinions to be very skewed, not fact based and i find you come off as a bit of a jack-ass once in a while. but that might be because i don't know your form of humor yet.... i dunno.

like i said in my first post, any Dot3 or dot4 will work.

i just gave another option to mike or anyone who read this thread as a cheap high-test brake fluid suitable for track days, AutoX or to make DIY system flushing easier.

and the boiling point of the stock fluid is about 395°F dry and about 262°F wet.
i taxed my stock brakes to the point of boiling the fluid a few times and at that point i completely lost the brakes. higher boiling points simply mean a larger margin for error. brake fade on the focus can be found as quickly as 3 hard stops from highways speeds in decently quick succession of each other or a couple of laps on a track day, or a few mins of hard driving on a fast and twisty road or a long AutoX course with decently long high speed sections before low speed turns. granted most "people" (meaning joe and jill commuter) will not ever have to do that which is, once again, why i stated that any dot3 or dot4 will work in my first post. but then again many of the people on this site, like any other car enthusiast site, are concerned with a little something called "performance" which is why i suggested the ATE stuff. it has the boiling point of extremely expensive race fluids without the price tag.

sorry for trying to help and giving people options they would otherwise not hear.

Mike, then go with normal Dot4 as that is what ford recommends. Dot3 will also work if you are completely flushing your system and cannot find dot4 where you are or are in a pinch.
my car is not that fast either yet i still have the TCE big brakes and run that fluid! ;)