I have the megan BBK i like em pads are squeaky but thats an easy fix

 

Hey man! It has been a while since I have seen you! I ended up opting out of the turbo kit because I hit some financial difficulty. But Scott from RA (the guy selling these brakes) is now offering a special on JWT TT 530 kits as well. He is doing a JWT 530 kit, installed, with a new JWT clutch and flywheel for $8500. Unheard of for an installed TT kit with a clutch and flywheel! I wish I could afford the TT kit he is offering...

Thats funny. I haven't heard Jordan say anything bad about his brakes...where did he say this?
THANK YOU! This is exactly what I was looking for! Someone with the product to comment! Thank you!

 

why? just because he got banned from THIS forum.. that doesnt mean hes not credible.. show me one customer that has anything negitive to say about him.

anyways.. i drove a car before with these brakes on them and it shocked me.. took a few minutes to get used to them but they became my favorite.. and this price for these brakes are unbelievable.

 

I do most of the work on his car, thats how i know.

 

Of course no customers said anything negative about them. It would be super depressing to face reality, so naturally they'd say how great the brakes are.

And when you say these brakes are your favorite, just how many big brake kits have you "tested"? I'm not trying to be mean here, I just have yet to see a single reputable review of the PERFORMANCE of these brakes. Track tested? No. Enough said.

 

I have a set of these brakes and same thing as everyone I was expecting crappy worksmanship. The only reason I got them is a good friend traded his Z and he can me a retarded deal on the setup. As we were installing the brakes slowly my thoughts changed when I saw the parts. The looked extremely well built but still I had bad thoughts. Exactly 8 months later I can say I have had ZERO problems at all. The brakes held up well even with all the abuse I throw at them. The Megan coilovers I hear are not good but on the flip side those who ACTUALLY have them say good things about them. So it's up to you what you get but IMO the BBK setup from Megan is just fine no issues whatsoever. It's a good price and you can't beat 2 piece rotors and the massive calipers both in front and in rear. The picture below has the kit installed however the previous owner had them powder coated to match his Redline Z. Fallen if you do get them please post up a review for us.

Recent Picture 2008

Early 2008

 

don't do it.

 

Whats wrong with Jordans brakes? All I know is that he has a lot of miles on them and as far as I heard he has not had to change the pads or the rotors yet?

 

Nice...

 

I really like my Wilwood BBK from OnADimePBS! Haven't had any issues whatsoever and the price was very good. Just an idea..

 

Last i looked , i told him to get some pads on order. Second, he has about the same amount of miles as my BBK, but the lip on my rotor is almost non-existant his is a little under 1/16 inch. Mine have a hell of a lot more track days on them, and when i track i use a full race pad.

CLIFF NOTES, the metal megan uses for it rotors is soft *** crap. I also checked out the other car out here with the same brakes, its hardly drivin and the rotors are forming a nice lip already.

 

Canadian hasn't had any problems with his car... But the people who drove it at the track almost killed themselves.

Also keep in mind- terrasmak has Megan parts as well, so it's not a company bashing, just the specific brakes.

 

G37 OEM brakes cost less than 3k with the front bracket necessary for install on a 350z. Similar cost. OEM quality.

TK

 

That isn't true, the brakes work. What happens with my car is knockback. This happens on some G's, and not all of them. It is dependent on the wheels bearings from what I can tell. According to Scott and Mike Bonanni who has used the Megan BBK extensively on the track and other BBK's they've never experienced knockback. Before anyone goes bashing Megan for their brakes because of this, read this.

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_knockback.shtml

It is a symptom of many BBK's because of the fixed caliper. I honestly don't know why my car does it, but it has to be something with with hub and the wheel bearing. The fix to this? Simply tap the brakes when leaving a corner, as it says in that article.

Now regarding the lip I have on my rotors, I honestly don't know enough about metal/rotors or brakes period to really help that subject. I have had the brakes since last September, with about 16-18k miles on them so far. Roughly half the length of time I've had my car. This includes 1 track day, daily driving and I think 4 autocrosses. I was talking to Scott and he doesn't think it is so bad with the rotor, and I can just go get them turned and get rid of the lip. With my stock brakes I had roughly the same amount of miles and the front rotors had warped with just regular street driving. The rear rotors do not have a lip, it is just the front. It is time for me to replace my pads though and get the rotors turned. My pads are getting low.

I'm no brake expert or anything, but for the price and what I got I think these brakes are great. I'd buy em again if I had to.

 

I've never personally been a fan of Wilwood. I would say the same about Rotora up until a month ago.

The car I was racing in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill was equipped with a 6piston front 4piston rear Rotora BBK and it not only lasted the entire race, but won it's class (E0) and finished 2nd overall.

After the race, these brakes really impressed me. I never thought I would say that about Rotora, but apparently their engineering and R&D deptartment recieved a big investment and influx in cash and they make pretty darn good products IMO.

I'd say get the Brembo 6-piston Monoblock calipers. But if those are too much, take a look at Rotora's 6piston 2pc caliper. I was impressed with it:

 

^Their 12 piston caliper looks cool

 

I'm a little skeptical about that...

I'd recommend the 6piston.