Mr Kleen wrote:avriette wrote:i disagree -- i think the stock brakes (on the sti) fade pretty easily.
I've never heard that.

slotted rotors alone aren't going to help with fade, pads will.
Wha? Slotted rotors are slotted to get gasses off the surface of the rotor, to provide venting, in essence, on the front (as they are usually vented in the "back" as well). They also serve to reduce glaze on the pad (by continually scraping at it), and to increase the surface area of the rotor (which is why we sometimes see much more aggressive slotting than the usual).
Pads, I guess, could reduce fade, depending on the compound, but at the end of the day, you want heat off the rotor, and out of the brake fluid. The pad's job is to create friction. Am I missing something?
(people will also tell you the STI has a limiter at 145... it's amazing the things you "don't hear" and will "find out" and be surprised by, which is the only reason I bring them up)