Movit brakes on F355?

Which setup? Street or track car?

Martin

 

As far as I know they don't use Porsche calipers anymore. They make their own billett four pot and six pot calipers now.

 

As stephens said MOVIT makes their own calipers nowdays.
Here are some differnces between MOVIT and other manufactures

Calipers
For example the Brembo 8-piston, it has small pistons 28/32 mm, four small pads per caliper and a "long" body design. It shows bad response to abs, develops too much heat because of small pads and has a weak body since cast from alsi7 and the design is too long. Yet again they are suitable for a race car with low brake booster power, but not for a heavy and fast car like the performance cars nowdays with high pressure brake booster ( >150 bar)

MOVIT on the other hand with its 6-piston BILLET design, bigger pistons (34/36/38 mm), longer pads (108 cm²), BILLET CNC machined from highest strength 7075 aluminium and T6 heat treated. The caliper is much stronger than others and will not loose its strength even under high temperatures like cast calipers. Huge pads guarantee low temperatures and less wear of both discs and pads. CNC machined calipers need less space than cast calipers that can be used with a bigger disc under the same rim as the cast calipers. There are bigger pistons to generate immense braking force which in our opinion is needed to stop heavy and fast performance cars.


Rotors
Most of the manufactures use friction ring with "normal" ventilation system, 56-60 mm friction ring height, drilled holes (5-6 mm). The rotors again is suitable for a race car, but not for a long term trouble free use on a heavy and fast street car. All cars generate much more heat than a race car, so the rotor will wear out extremly quick. Further more, the holes will crack almost immediately since they are too big and positioned too close to the outer edge of the rotors. There for other manufactures offer only "plain" or "slotted" discs, but the disadvantage is a bad response in wet conditions.

MOVIT uses friction rings with a special double ventilation system. This gives between 80-100% bigger cooling surface, 68 mm friction ring height and pre-cast holes 4 mm. This generates far lower temperature since the cooling surface is bigger and also since the bigger pad transfers the heat to a bigger surface. This results in longer lifetime of both pads and rotors. The holes last far longer before cracking and WILL NEVER crack to the outside of the rotor which would require an exchange of the rotor. MOVIT rotors are simply designed and concepted for heavy and fast street cars.


Pads
As above mentioned MOVIT pads also feature a unique "ANTI-NOISE" system which surpresses any kind of squealing during braking. Designed and concepted for comfortable silent street cars.


Brackets
MOVIT brackets are CNC machined from high grade steel compound ( 1.7131 ). "form follows function", a closer look at the brackets it is easily visible that MOVIT makes the strongest but lightest design brackets. They should not only fit perfect, but also be extremely strong and design with no sharp edges. Since the brackets are made from high grade steel compound, they last forever.

Other brake manufactures offer aluminium brackets, with threads cut into the aluminium. This is dangerous, since aluminium is aging, meaning that it can crack. Also, the thread cut into the aluminium will not last long, if a unskilled person tries to tighten the bolt that holds the caliper. This thread will easily wear, especially when a securing compound as Loctite or simlar is used. As always, MOVIT goal is lifetime and easy use. Since we have to TÜV-approve our brake kits, there is another reason why to use high grade steel compound.

Best Regards
/Per