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Originally Posted by 911st
Most new drivers tend to not use there brakes effectively which can put more stress on them than is necessary.
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Bingo. Assuming there is nothing wrong with your fluid, etc., I would suspect you weren't braking in the most heat-efficient manner. From a physics standpoint, decelerating the car from say 100mph to 40mph for a turn generates a fixed amount of frictional heat energy regardless of how quickly or slowly the car is decelerated. The longer you brake, however, the less time the brakes have to cool (as you're effectively on the brakes a larger percentage of time during a lap), so the best thing to do is to brake as hard and as fast as possible, slow the car and get back off the brakes.
On a 911, I have always liked Pagid orange pads for a good street/track pad.