Off season maintenance/upgrades

[Tom Goldman]

One thing I find most racers overlook is changing brake fluid .
Unlike our street cars that usually see use every day, our race cars are subject to long periods of setting unused ,and many times stored in the trailer or a cold garage .
During storage the fluid can absorb moisture which will contaminate the fluid and cause corrosion and rust to form in the system.
I used to service and inspect several SCCA raced Corvettes . SCCA required the fluid to be changed before EVERY event , and believe me the fluid looked like crap every time .
Most times you can suck out the fluid from the master cylinder ,refill it and just crack open the bleeder screws one at a time and bleed out most of the fluid by gravity , and then do a finish bleed.
Use a high quality DOT4 fluid like Wilwood EXP 600 PLUS or Motul 600 or 660.