Are These Guys Well Known For Their Brakes?

My friend in Indonesia ordered Movit brakes for his BMW E39 a couple of years ago. He drives really fast (his other hobby is part-time R1 track racer) and has no complain whatsoever. He said it is one of the best brakes around. BTW Movit is actually Porsche brakes right?

What's the problem, aren't G brakes good enough?

 

They are popular in Europe (from Germany originaly).
Couple years back they used only Brembo breakes form Porsche 993 turbo and installed them on all cars. They expanded A LOT from the. Well worth it IMO www.movit.de

 

Very good brakes for good price!
Will put them in my 91 Diablo this winter. Complete front system costs less then original discs and pads, and they brake like hell!

 

I've heard very good things about their brakes, and pretty good prices as well.

Tho i'm curious why nobody goes with more custom setups? bypass all the standard stoptech, brembo, production stuff and go big. Find some AP or Alcon 6-8 pot calipers, big azz rotors, get some real race brakes in there. Then your just a pad change away from LM/GT quality braking.

 

The brakes on the G are pretty intense as it is for street driving. Unless you're taking her to the track and plan to wring her out big time, I don't think a brake upgrade is neccesary.

Hmm, kinda strange how they left the rear calipers black (even though they're stock) while the fronts are red. Still quite wicked looking...

 

Vik, I have seen these brakes perform on a couple of NSX's and they looked and did pretty well. I was under the impression that the calipers were Brembo's but the rotors are form somewhere else. After owning the G for a while, I really think the brakes are more than adequate albeit pedal feel is sometimes unpredictable. Yesterday I drove the G and a 430 on a closed street loop with 2 tight 90 degrees turns and the G brakes never faded while working very well. OTOH, the 430 brakes (non-ceramic) were cooked (read Hot fluid with low pedal) after a couple of "laps".

 

Vik, do I understand you HAVE finally bought a G ? If yes, warmest congratulations, it was about time !

 

Im sure we've all seen the 355 photos at that same spot, but it wont hurt to post it one more time
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I have good contact with the Boss at MOVIT. Please send me a PM for a special price on MOVIT brakes.

 

Stock rear hats and calipers, more than likely to demonstrate the difference in looks between stock and modified.

 

Those are some great looking brakes - love the huge drilled rotors!

Why isn't the company called "Stop Moving It" though?

 

I would venture to guess that the heat generated from a pro brake setup would boil the brake fluid, and cook the grease packed in the wheel hub/axel assembly.

 

WOW first time i see this image....

 

What size are those brakes......?!?! 16 inch

 

380x32 mm front and rear

 

Just a quick update for those interested in Movit brakes. Movit used to used to sell Brembo calipers, but now do their own. On the Gallardo I don;t know why you'd bother as the standard brakes are 365x34mm rotors and 8 pot calipers. Movit's top of the range brake iss a 380x32mm rotor with 8 pot caliper. Setup properly I 'm not sure that there is really an advantage with the Movit setup. They are also very expensive.
The drilled rotors may look cool, but with any serious track work will crack. Race rotors are slotted not drilled for this very reason.
IMO save your money, but some good quality pads such as Pagid and use Motul brake fluid on the standard setup.

 

I'm sorry but you are wrong. MOVIT has never made any 380x32 8 pot caliper kits. The kit for the Gallardo are 370x35 or 396x36 with 6 pot billet caliper kit.

Pictures of the Gallardo
http://www.movit.de/images/lamga01.jpg
http://www.movit.de/images/lamga02.jpg

The rotors are not drilled, they are cast holes and ventilation slots and the calipers they used to sell was Porsche calipers (yes produced by Brembo but with Porsche specifications)

And I think that $3600 is not that expensive for a 396x36 6KB kit
Movits offers a wide range of differnt 6 piston caliper kits from 342x34, 370x35, 380x32, 396x36, 436x36 and 460x36. So I have no clue where you got that the 380x32 8 pot was their top of the line kit?

Slots don't do anything to cool the rotor, and they surely don't prevent cracks. Since they remove mass, it could be argued that they might increase the temps of the rotor. And, I've seen several slotted rotors that have cracked right at the slot (a stress riser is created there and cast iron doesn't like stress risers). Now, we can get into the "NASCAR" style slots, which are not anything like our standard radial pattern slots on our "blingy" street rotors (the standard slot format that everyone seems to use). And we can discuss the fact that a slotted rotor should not be slotted clear off of the edge of the disc (if it is, it will almost be guarenteed to crack at the disc edge of a slot) and the fact that they should be cut with a ball end mill and be round in the bottom of the slot (and on each end where the slot starts and stops) and not have "corners" in the bottom (like using a cylinder shaped bit would leave), etc.

In my opinion Porsche has the best stock brakes in the world and why does they choose cast holes and ventilation slots rotors if slotted rotors are better?

 

460x36 kit compared with a 360 mm rotor
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I couldnt edit my last thread so here is the reasons why upgrade and if you are not sure over the advantage of upgrading the Gallardo brakes.

several reasons:
- Stock Gallardo rotor (same as audi rs6) is a misconstruction, since the aluminum hat sits in the middle of the rotor where the air is
supposed to enter the rotor and take away the heat (as on all vented discs, this is the reason to make a vented disc!) so no air can reach the ventilation system and the rotor gets far too hot. this is a well know problem on all rotor of that style, same as m5 e39, m3 e36, m3 e46, rs4, rs6

- Stock Gallardo caliper is 8-piston cast aluminium. Cast aluminium looses is strength significantly when getting warm so MOVIT uses heat treated 7075 to completly machine the caliper. Heat treated 7075 has the same strength under 200°C (392° Fahrenheit) as with 20°C (68° Fahrenheit). So you have always the same braking force and braking point on a race track. Furthermore the modulation ability is second to none.

- Stock gallardo pads are 4 ea. per caliper tiny pads. they get too hot, loose the friction coefficient and kill the rotor. MOVIT has huge 105 cm² pads.

The Gallardo brake setup is not MADE for the gallardo. it is simply taken off the audi rs6...

The MOVIT setup stands in no comparison to the stock setup. It is the best, strongest and longest lasting brake one can buy.
MOVIT is NOT trying to do the cheapest setup, but the best!

 

460mm kit fits perfectly in a Smart car, you dont need to buy wheels and tyres anymore, just use the rotor as the wheels

 

Just wrap a layer of tape