Everyone needs to understand that brakes work similar to a wrench.
If you have small rotors with a large number of calipers, you wont be doing any better than if you had a small rotor with a single piston caliper. Why is this?
Think of the center of the axle where the rotor bolts up as a rusty nut. Now, when you get a REALLY rusty nut that just wont seem to budge, how do you loosen it? Do you take the shortest socket and wrench you have and try to break the nut loose? Or do you get a breaker bar and go from a further distance away?
You should be getting a breaker bar and going from a further distance away. You can put more force on the nut if you are pushing from further away than if you are closer to the nut.
Same holds true with a rotor. Think of the diameter of the rotor as your wrench. Smaller rotor = closer caliper to the center = less torque applied = longer stopping times. On the contrary, larger rotor = caliper further away = more torque applied = shorter stopping times.
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Chris "Shambles" Chamblee
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