Standard 182 brakes- are they any good?

[G Ster]

I am in the market for a 182 for road use and possibly some track work. My question is are the standard brakes any good or are they a known weak point of the car?

I have been reading through this section and most owners seem happy with a disc and pad upgrade- is this ok on track too?

Do many owners upgrade to 4 pots? If some members have gone down this route I take it that braking performance is much improved but is it too much- are there locking up issues? I'd imagine on a cup wth no abs (I am presuming cups don't have abs so may be looking stupid here..) and 4 pots would require a carefull foot but how do cars with abs cope? Does the abs get confused with the extra braking power available?

Thanks

 

[Fred@BTM]

172 cups don't have ABS, all other variants of the 172/182 have ABS

from memory the 172 was tested years ago when it first came out and the brakes were tested/timed by autocar against ferrai, lambo, porsche etc etc and came 2 or 3rd with a 100-0 time of something bonkers like 4seconds (i forget the exact figures so maybe wrong)

stock calipers are fine, even on track

4pots aren't needed but they are cool

 

[john lloyd]

some better pads and a fluid refresh if your doing track days, oe are fine for a bit but dont last long on track without fade its not what the std pad compound was designed for.

some decent pads and fluid if your going on track, sorted.