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White Megane R26 F1 230
I know sweet FA about brakes, but Fred was talking about these at the meet in Leicester... Don't sound to bad.
http://www.yozzasport.co.uk/store/p...182_172_cup_trophy_ferodo_ds2500_fr_brake_pck
http://www.yozzasport.co.uk/store/p...182_172_cup_trophy_ferodo_ds2500_fr_brake_pck
For road use the brakes you need depend on how heavy the vehicle is. On the road you don't do repeated sustained heavy braking. And if you do drive like that you don't have your licence for long.
For racing use the brakes you need depend on how much horsepower its got. The amount of kinetic energy you have to dissipate for the next corner depends on how much the engine has been able to put into the car since the last corner. And then it has to do it all again for the next corner.
There have been cars that have come with inadequate brakes. But the 182 isn't one of them. Since the brakes that come on it are well and truly good enough for road use, and you're unlikely to be increasing its weight or towing anything the question has to be what improvement in braking you think you're going to get for your money. Your braking ability on the road isn't limited by what the brakes can do, it is limited by the amount of grip on the road your tyres give you. In fact the ABS limits the brakes to what won't lock up the tyres. Putting "better" brakes on won't decrease you're stopping distances. If you want better road braking then put grippier (wider or stickier) tyres on it.
Or do you want to race it? In which case the pertinent question is how much extra horsepower you've got.
Or do you just want brakes that "look good"? That you can show off.
The problem if you put racing brakes on, like those ones YozzaSport is offering, is that on the road they actually work worse than the standard brakes. The pads squeak and squeal, and they don't work properly until they get up to operating temperature.
For racing use the brakes you need depend on how much horsepower its got. The amount of kinetic energy you have to dissipate for the next corner depends on how much the engine has been able to put into the car since the last corner. And then it has to do it all again for the next corner.
There have been cars that have come with inadequate brakes. But the 182 isn't one of them. Since the brakes that come on it are well and truly good enough for road use, and you're unlikely to be increasing its weight or towing anything the question has to be what improvement in braking you think you're going to get for your money. Your braking ability on the road isn't limited by what the brakes can do, it is limited by the amount of grip on the road your tyres give you. In fact the ABS limits the brakes to what won't lock up the tyres. Putting "better" brakes on won't decrease you're stopping distances. If you want better road braking then put grippier (wider or stickier) tyres on it.
Or do you want to race it? In which case the pertinent question is how much extra horsepower you've got.
Or do you just want brakes that "look good"? That you can show off.
The problem if you put racing brakes on, like those ones YozzaSport is offering, is that on the road they actually work worse than the standard brakes. The pads squeak and squeal, and they don't work properly until they get up to operating temperature.
They still squeek though.
I'd recon ds2500 are fine for both uprated driving they last a bit longer and give better stopping.
I'm not going into the 4 pot debate today.
I'd even disagree with fred!
My Blue's are still good when cold
My Blue's are still good when cold
J
jbaddeley
My new brembo discs and green stuff pads seem to be much better than the standard set up i had on my cup. Yet to try them on track but there is a significant improvement. These are one of Fred's packages.
J
jbaddeley
About £150 supplied. Had other work done too so check Yozza's website.
