I wonder if Verus' brake cooling ducts will help on the consumables. But I feel like thermal shocking the rotors will crack them as easily as running them really hot.
This is why Essex tells you NOT to run any ducting. The rotors can overcool on the straights, or cool unevenly which is even worse.
Remember that when a rotor heats up, it wants to expand OUTWARD. The 1 piece rotor can't do this, so it ends up "coning". The outer edge of the rotor expands in thickness compared to the hub edge of the disc face. This is what causes the heat stress cracking. Another factor is that the outside face of the rotor is typically way hotter then the internal portion of the rotor. This delta in temps also adds to the heat stress.
Think of it this way. If your rotor is seeing 1400 to 1500 degrees, so is your wheel, your hub, your bearings. My calipers were also seeing 550+. This was with the temp strip placed on the bridge over the rotor which will be cooler than the pistons in contact with the back of the pad. Piston seals are not meant to handle that heat which means that the caliper becomes a consumable. So do your wheel bearings.
I was always taught (by people WAAY smarter and faster behind the wheel) that you want to run the least aggressive pad that will get you the performance you need. With OE sized brakes, you are forced to run a more aggressive pad which decreases modulation and increases the probability of ABS interaction. The brakes become an on/off switch. With the BBK you can run a less aggressive pad that will be happy working at lower temps, you still get the same torque at the wheel due to the lever arm of the larger rotor, but the less aggressive compound is MUCH more manageable.
