Monthly Archive for December, 2007

Andrea’s first post

is here.

VW 020 and 02A Transmissions

A table with (almost?) all VW transmissions and their ratios for FWD cars from 1975 to about 2001 is available in the old site archives.

Some old brake fluid info

Brake Fluid

Brand Wet(F) Dry(F) Cost Note

AP Racing 550 284 550 $$$  
AP Racing 600 284 572 $$$$ Race Only
ATE Super DOT 4 356 500 ?  
ATE Typ 200(super blue) 392 536 $$  
Castrol GT LMA 325 490 $  
Castrol SRF 518 590 $$$$$ Race Only
Ford HD 284 550 $  
Motul 5.1 365 509 $$  
Motul 600 421/392* 585 $$$ Race Only
Performance Friction Z 284 550 $$  
Valvoline Syn-Power 343 502 $  
Wilwood 570 284 570 $$  

Price scale is as follows:$        $3.00 per 500ml approximate retail
$$       $7
$$$      $10
$$$$     $20
$$$$$    $40+
* Motul 600 421 typ wet, 392 min wetRemember; use the dry reading for real racing, where the brakes are bled before each event. For street use, use the wet reading.

The blog begins

Welcome family and friends to our new family website and blog.  We intend to start using this as a place to hold all sorts of information about what’s going on in our lives and to share the joy of Olivia with you.  I’ll also use this site for some automotive and racing content.