Wilwood 6-piston vs 4-piston

[FFRSpec72]

I run the challenge series and a couple of other leagues and I run carbotec xp10 pads all the way around and have no issues with usage. These pad last me an entire season of practice, qualifying and racing, so I run about 20 to 25 races and some are very demanding tracks. I plan to run caebotec on my 818R also

[Zach34]

I think when I say "braking performance" I'm referring mostly to what Rasmus defined as "race abuse". I could certainly lock up the wheels with the fox-body brakes on my roadster, but the big Wilwoods were just easier to control and felt exactly the same lap after lap on the track. I don't want to get the 4-piston set-up, then a year down the road find myself on a bigger track where the 6-piston might offer better fade-resistance.

Would you guys expect more race miles out of a larger pad vs a smaller pad, controlling for brand/compound and race conditions? The additional cost of the larger 6-piston setup could be a wash if you get longer life out of the pads/rotors.

There's also the not-to-be-overlooked detail of wheel options, and I wonder if this might be why FFR chose the smaller Wilwood package for the red car.