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so the more contact area you have the
more friction you can create which means more converstion of rotional energy to
heat.
Only if you have better tires. As I said before, IF you can create enough friction between the rotor and pad to lock the tire with the stock SE-R brakes, you will not stop any shorter by putting larger brakes on. The amount of friction required to lock up the tire remains the same no matter what brakes you have on the car.
However, you said you couldn't lock the front tires no matter how hard you tried. OK, so obviously there's something to be gained there. Could better, higher friction coefficient pads help. Definitely. I have the same problem. With OE Nissan pads, I can't lock the front tires. The rear always locks first, which means I need more friction between the rotor/pad up front. A set of Hawk HT8 pads up front are the trick for me. Warm them up and my SE-R with STOCK OE BRAKES stops like a golf ball hitting a sand trap. Every instructor that has ridden in my car has commented on how well the car stops. "Holy sh*t this thing stops!!!" is the usual comment. I garuntee that provided our cars have the same weight and tires, I will stop just as quick as you if I have those high friction track pads on. Garunteed, take it to the bank.
I completely 100% agree with you about the larger rotors being a bigger heat sink. That's why I'm getting them. I generate so much temperature (there's a difference between heat and temperature) that I eat through pads and rotors at an alarming rate. No pad I've found can take those temperatures. I should be able to reduce my brake temps by a few hundred degrees.
Matt
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