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When you do it... it's good to have some contact cement and some felt. The first gens (especially early ones) had lots of issues with that. Mine...

Thanks... I come from physics, as "first principles" as it gets (at least to physicists). Anyway, I find a lot of time it takes about the same...

I WISH it had an OFF setting... But we go with blue or purple! Matt

I had one on my car for a while... I actually can't remember why I went back to stock... Anyway, the scoop works. Mine needed some work on the...

They get in real trouble if the error is the wrong way.... But when I was having OBC problems with gas mileage calculations, the SA at Mini of...

Looks like he didn't expect it to hook up... 0-60 in under one second is really fast! More powerwheels vids: Modified Power Wheels...

When I worked in the Semi industry... I did a lot of applications support and production issues troubleshooting. Anyway, one couldn't say "You're...

Intermittant problems are the HARDEST to nail down. At least you have the part to test it with. Matt

You can get SCs rebuilt by several firms now. Used to be that wasn't the case. I'm sure MINI would say you have to buy a gold plated brand new...

If you want to know all the details... the regs aren't hard to find. Here's the link: Regulations PDF Page ISC These are 2010 regs. 2011...

I was gonna say... that if it's the idler, remove the belt and you should feel play in it if it's bad. FWIW, I think the idler is a cheap POS......

Modding and electrics are old friends... there is this YouTube video of some engineer who hopped up one of those little plastic kiddy cars....

Clarkson is a prick... but at least he doesn't hide the fact. But to complain that someone is a greety twat who makes little while the francise...

Sadly no... I got this from the BMW Press Outlet site (perk of being a so called automotive journalist).... So the image was free, but I don't...

Nope... what you see is the front and rear sub-frames, along with a new cross member in the rear to support the rear diff. Same basic set up as...

Cool! Congrats to the effort. Matt

Yep, I got one... it's an M7 60mm unit, I think, or a stocker, I can't remember which is on my car. Anyway, if you want to use it for testing,...

I've got a TB around here somewhere I think... I can go check. The swap is a good idea. But I'd be surprised that a TB wouldn't go where told...

But... that would be sprung weight! ;) Matt

Well.... they kind of gamed the system for the test. They had Bristol all to themselves to run the car at a constant speed of 30 or so MPH. But...