I had the Megan Racing Street suspension before and upgraded to the BC Racing Type BR. They are both made by BC Racing. The Type BR is a design exclusive to BC Racing.

Having driven both the Megan Street and Track (my friend had the Track on his Evo) I wanted something between them. The Street had too low a spring rate and the damper geared more towards comfort than track ability. The Track was the opposite - very streetable but the high spring rates prevented it from ever been very civil on the street. It doesn't like pot holes, bumps and other stuff. In comes the Type BR...

I ordered mine with a custom front and rear spring rate of 10K front / 8K rear. I figured this set up would be between the Megan Street and the Track. So far it is working pretty good. I have the dampening set at 8 clicks from soft for street use and at the track I crank it up to 16. Body roll is noticably less while not having a stiff ride. The plastic "spring isolators" on the Type BR totally isolate the spring from the spring seats reducing road noise. The Megan just has a plastic washer.

Here's how they are out of the box:


This is the new lower locking perch that locks better than the Megan (old BC Racing design). The Megan's got loose sometimes when you hit hard pot holes or bumps. I ended up pounding the Megan collars with a punch and hammer. My friend used locktite to keep them from "self adjusting". The BC does not have this problem.


Comparing fronts


Rears


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Here's some body roll you can noticably see in these pictures. Same track, different suspension! Notice the Track has a lot less body roll than the Street, the Type BR falls between.

Megan Street


Megan Track


BC Racing Type BR 10K/8K

 

Wow no replies. I guess I might as well leave my not so positive comment.

It would have been wiser to save your money to begin with in order to purchase a set of superior coilovers rather than spending/wasting money on two lesser, very similar setups.

It's not my money though.

 

 

I think the write up was good. my friend has the street megan's in his car. They are a very well put together coilover for the money

p.s. How much do the BC's go for that you are comparing the megans too

 

Decent write up to the OP.

I'm looking at the BR at a price standpoint, yet still with the option to choose specific spring rates.

 

I've always ran "name brand" suspension before the Evo. I bought and shipped a set ot Tein coilovers from Japan about 10 years ago before US distribution of Tein began. (it makes Ohlins look affordable) I had a set of Tein Type Flex on my last car. I've run an Ground Control Advanced Design custom made shock/coilover set up on an older car...

The reason I'm using the "cheap" suspension is because I'm not looking for a track oriented suspension that'll knock my teeth out on my daily commute. I am not looking to set record lap times in my otherwise stock car. I want something good - not necessarily the best but good for the $.

Also, Megan/BC etc. suspension systems offer a much more refined ride than any coilover set up I've used - almost stock-like while still able to provide handling improvement over stock. Ride height control is also a great feature for the price you pay.

If the BC Type BR was out when I purchased the Megans, I would have went for those. Part of experimenting with different suspension is being able to write a review like this to compare the differences between suspension systems. Hopefully others can gain some knowledge from it.

 

I'm glad you explained further.

Seeing as you posted pictures of Evos tracking, your post could be somewhat misleading.

 

Yeah, we tested the standard spring set BR version and it was pretty comfortable and worked well on the track. Obviously not as good as higher end track coilovers, but surprisingly competitive. Not a bad set of suspension at all. I made a coment in the review that I believe them to be on par with the more expensive Tein Flex. I am less so a fan of the Megans.

 

Using and seeing both, you can definitely see the improvements form the Type V1 (Megan design) to the Type BR.

Here's the BC V1:



BC BR:

 

Good review.

I really don't have any right to make this comment as I am still on the stock suspension. But, for the money you spent on those two coilovers, you could have gone with something like Ohlins that does dual duties of track and street-driving very well in the first time to save some headache. Just my .02c

 

nice write up, im glad to see that your happy with them. I feel they are on the performance level of a tein flex but more comfort oriented for the daily drivers.

Im surprised at how slow these have been moving for the evo's...considering the subaru's i can barely keep in stock (over 30 sets per month) with 15 pages of reviews...and countless happy customers.

 

not to sound stuck up, but Evo owners as a group spend more money on better parts (over generalized I know, don't flame)

The same is true for wheels. Subie owners = rota rota rota. Evo owners = volk volk volk

 

Going OT but this is kinda true.

Part of it is the price of the car. People can pick up a used WRX for 12K easily. There are lots of teenagers in Subarus where Evos I mostly see guys in their 30s. Older people = higher paying jobs. The Evo has only been out a short period and costs more even in the used market. A better comparison is Evo to STI owners where the age range is more similar. Although I see even older people in STIs. There's a lady probably in her 60s who has a an STI a couple of blocks from where I am.

 

With your settings(16clicks) how many clicks on the mr streets would you compare it to? Since I have a 03, the MR street feels really comfortable in comparison and I have the settings high. I think the track version would have been a better choice

 

Good question! The BR with 10/8 springs and 16 clicks feels about 24 or so on the Megan Street. On the Megan Track it would be about 10 or 12. Towards the end before I took the Megans out, I cranked it to 32 for track and it didn't make much a difference.

You can crank up the dampener all you want but the spring rate makes a big difference as well. Going into corners the nose doesn't dive as much and not as much body roll with a higher spring rate.

I have some more pics of the Megan and the BR I'll post later. These are not as flattering as it shows you get what you pay for...