If it's your very first time out, you may be okay with the stock pads if you're not on a track that is hard on the brakes. My first two track days were on Pocono's North circuit, which isn't very hard on brakes. However, my third day was on NJMP Lightning and the OEM pads turned to crap on me as I was charging down the front straight up to turn 1. Serious pad fade and completely glazed them over.

As for brake fluid, ATE Super Blue/Typ 200 is probably the best bang for the buck. You should be able to do it with 1 liter, but you can get two just in case you waste a lot while bleeding. It's about $12 per liter.

 

when I bleed my brakes it takes about 3/4 of 1 bottle of ATE

 

I gotta say that in my one experience with ATE SuperBlue it didn't perform as well as the off-the-shelf Valvoline DOT4 I normally use. End of day 2 at Watkins Glen and I was getting a longish/softish pedal. On a much hotter event at Mosport, dual-driving the car, on the same pads, no issues whatsoever with Valvoline.

Coulda been a bad batch of ATE I suppose, I know a lot of people rave about the stuff.

Any case, fresh fluid is a must, and I have no doubt that locally available off-the-shelf fluid will suffice for the OP.

 

[QUOTE=ZDan,Apr 3 2009, 06:19 AM] I gotta say that in my one experience with ATE SuperBlue it didn't perform as well as the off-the-shelf Valvoline DOT4 I normally use.

 

hmm this is interesting. I have never boiled ATE with OEM pads and street tires. But I can certainly understand that some race pads mated up with bigger/stickier tires can put the fluid through considerably more stress.