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I am not going to chime in as a"know it all" but after almost 40 years experience in race car braking systems you have to take caliper rigidity into the equation. We long ago abandoned single piston calipers due to flex. Modern day racing calipers are designed to be extremely rigid. (I.E Brembo, Wilwood, A.P.,StopTech). In addition the smaller the master cylinder the greater the pressure exerted at the calipers pistons. 7/8" is a common front but I have seen masters as small as 5/8" used in some applications. These are the calipers used on todays high end performance cars. You could use the most aggressive pad on the market but if the calipers clamping power is weak they would be of no benefit.