Just got back from another walk about. 1400 miles. Drove over Donner pass in the sierra's. Brakes functioned perfectly. No brake fade, pedal stayed consistent, felt like stopping power was all there. New rear pads really made a big difference I could hardly tell my toad was there!
Engine temp was running 192 until I got to vegas, down town in stop and go traffic, the ambient temp got to 114, AC on, engine temp went to 220 mechanical. As soon as I got out of the down town traffic ambient dropped to 104 and engine temp to 200. As ambient dropped so did engine temp, stabilized at 192 degrees. Sounded like the fan clutch was doing it's job. Fuel mileage over the sierras and back was 8.25mpg. Fernely nv to Kingman az just below 11mpg. I think all the repairs were worth it.