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Proportioning valves and brake fluid pressures are definitely worth looking into, but I don't know if you'd feel much difference from swapping drum to disc...
Drums have good stopping power as they have a pretty good surface area and a self energising action, they just tend to fade much faster than discs as heat dissipation is far poorer.