[DeTomaso] Wilwood Brakes WTF????

[richard bosch]

Mike,you posted,   The most important 
first step will be to choose pads that are capable of sustaining operation 
at the elevated temperatures that Laguna Seca generates when running slicks. 
  It's quite possible that is my only real problem.

I talked with Bob Benson last night.He is unable to post to the forum at the moment as he just got a new computer and something is not set correctly yet.He is running the same brake pad compound you and i are both using(Wilwood BP20),and his pads are barely worn down at all.Granted his were installed just before Laguna Seca so they will have less wear than yours as i believe you have had the Bp20's on for awhile including being used at ThunderHill last fall correct?By the way he had the BP10's before and they lasted 7 years and they are nowhere near as good as the BP20's.
He does however have 6 piston front calipers which use a longer pad than the 4 piston calipers.
I do not think the larger front calipers are the reason that his lasted longer than yours.Although they certainly did not hurt.I think either the bias is off(not enough rear bias versus front)or the fronts got really hot versus the rears and thus wore out faster.I am leaning towards a bias issue as at first glance as i do not know why the rears would be that much cooler than the fronts.The fronts will work harder as they do more,but not as much as the wear differential between front and rear as you describe.
Just guessing on my part.
PS, do you have an adjustable proportioning valve?If so do you know how it is set at the moment?