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Ryan, there are two scenarios:
1. Brake later and harder (same set of speeds before and after braking)
2. Brake more (to the extent that you bleed more speed than you need to)
1 will absolutely not result in lower brake temps for the reason I explained. However, 2 can, but that should also result in poor lap times. Meaning, if my speed before the braking zone on the straight was 140, but in one case, I dove into the corner at 50 and in another at 30 (and I could have gotten away with 50), then sure, I overused the brakes when I went down to 30, and heated them up more than necessary. But again, if in both cases I went down to 50, how hard and when I was braking is not a factor from a temp perspective (if you set the two issues I mentioned aside).
I have an annual HPDE policy with wsib. I'll check with them, but I didn't see COM on the list. If they see time trials on there, the whole thing is out I think. That's probably why.
And, yeah, the "plinking" sounds from the rotors freak people out as they walk by!
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