For a guy who has to have real braided hose not the fake stuff, but can settle on stock brakes ????
What does my braided hose have to do with the stopping performance of a relatively slow streetcar?
For being a retired mechanic, you don't know much about high performance.
Cross-drilled rotors don't stop better than blanks, they have less material and heat absorption/dispersion capacity, and far more prone to crack. Drilling creates a stress riser in the rotor, and thus, you get cracking. Certain manufacturers use rotors with holes in them, but they are CAST that way. (e.g. Porsche)
I have an SCCA ITE class racecar, and have spent enough time at the track to know that
people who know, use blanks. You can argue your nonsense logic all you want, but you're wrong. This isn't just my opinion, it is the opinion of people (not you) who have some understanding of modern performance brake applications.
Read, and learn. This is the legendary discussion of this very topic on corner carvers.
http://corner-carvers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2002&highlight=cross+drilled+rotors
...and so I will reiterate. Good stock-type rotors, and decent street pads will be the best combination.
Paul.