Brake Improvements - Looking for thoughts

The pedal is hard and sits at the top of the travel, there is no spongyness to it when I start to brakes. The hardliners are about 2 years old and the flex lines are all braided stainless, also just a couple years old. I do have a line lock on the front circuit, I could remove it and see if there is a difference. I do not know the compound on the front pads currently as SSBC no longer lists an upgrade pad on their site.

The power stop pads I bought are their Z26 street warrior pads, I'll have to look, but I don't think they are meant for track use or need heat in them.

The parking brake is not dragging, however when I do go in reverse, I can hear a pad rubbing slightly.

When I am braking heavy to test them, I have the clutch pushed in, so it is not trying to bring the engine down too. And when I take my foot off the gas, there is a good amount of engine braking prior to disengaging the clutch.

I'll try to measure stopping distance this weekend to see how far it takes, but it feels like they aren't grabbing when in a panic stop, like it just pushing through the brakes. It eventually stops, but you don't get the feeling that you should when slamming on the brakes, like it just feels like a gradual deceleration, not a push you up against your seat belt feeling.