Correct me if I'm wrong, here, but you replaced your stock, LX rotors and pads, which were probably a bit worn, with SVT-sized rotors and hi-perf carbon fiber pads, and you attribute a reduction in pad fade to the "cooler temps" from the rotor holes?

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998