Very good points!
On my last project car, I used Wilwood 6 piston front calipers, on a 345x28mm rotors. The pad swept area was relatively small, and as such left a lot of performance on the table
The setup as a package is important. My gut told me that the reduced pad are was going to hurt performance. While these were vastly superior to the OE setup, I always felt that a lot was left on the table.
Back to the Crossfire, the fluid has been changed out completely for Wilwood 570. Others like Motul, but the 570 has worked well for me in several cars, including some track applications.
Ducting is something that is being seriously considered. It appears to not be that hard to do. What was your solution to this?
I'm leaning more and more towards KW V2's. I will give them a call with my corner weight data, and see what they have to say. As stated before, this is meant to be a refined ride, and I do not want it to cross over into a track car. This part is very important to me, and that would be my only hesitancy on going straight to the coilovers.