June 6, 2012 - I forgot to mention these when I was preparing for the Laguna Seca event: a set of brake ducts.
After seeing the bad wear on the inside face of the rotors, overheated pads were the verdict from Performance Friction. An interesting note about PFC97 pads - it would seem that they don't lose braking performance as they overheat, they just start to destroy the rotors.
The solution was to keep the brakes cool. I was looking to build my own ducts, but these ones from Trackspeed Engineering pretty much covered all the bases. They're designed to take a 2" hose and bolt right in. They're now available through Flyin' Miata. Ideally, I'd like to see the hoses aimed closer to the center of the rotor so the internal rotor ducting would take care of air distribution, but that's not possible with the ABS sensor in the way. I use the ABS sensor to drive my rally computer!
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