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picked up new tires, did a super charger service, installed a new engine mount, and tried to install a new tensioner on one car. Found one bold...

Almost ruined the car with the wrong badge :eek6: Spent the day messing with various things. Not much progress. Supercharger will come off in...

Wow, that's some valuable plastic :D I guess I will have to bite the bullet and pay that plus some inflated shipping fee if I don't want to...

The K&N is still not clean - drying it to get the rest out with air maybe. Meanwhile the intercooler is getting an overnight soak bath. I knew I...

talking about error messages - I've been getting this one for months, any browser 404 Not Found The resource requested could not be found...

My box will differ in design of the the pipe section. First, it has to be CNC machined from a block, not be a cheap stainless exhaust pipe tacked...

My guess based on a 98k mile car having had a few fail, but not the coil pack: in that sequence of likelyhood Radiator fan 2-stage resistor...

Got the car back from alignment this morning. Drives like a dream, smoother over bumps by a noticeable margin over the worn A-arm bushings and...

I usually rinse my intercoolers with a a good 50/50 mix of water and Simple Green concentrate. Works well and doesn't leave anything nasty behind....

Good suggestion - drain plugs looked pretty scummy, especially on the driver side where I noticed previous work to replace/repair the window...

I continued to tear things off the car. On my way to the thermostat housing, I removed intake, and the snorkel with the throttle body. Carbon...

Next a look at tensioner, pulleys and belt. Maybe it is the unusual rust on this thing, but I don't recall this to be the shape of the OEM damper...

Got the gray Mini back from alignment. Great local shop got it exactly where I wanted it. I like guys who will put your car in the garage...

Having more than one Mini of the same year around does come in handy when you can't get crap back together. Just have a look on the other side of...

You'd win that $20. I have a feeling the car never was in front end service mode before tonight. Ever! will post some pix when I get some time,...

Started out the evening with "Front End Service Mode" - nothing more fun than to rip the radiator off to see if the previous owner did any...

I use old cardboard boxes to protect my garage floor :D Today, I dumped about 3 pounds of crud on the floor as I removed bumper and fender liners...

I've got my eyes ob a black coolant tank for my gray car, but low priority. Just flushed the cooling system there, so next year maybe. Whenever I...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PreCut-Window-Film-Any-Tint-Shade-Fits-Mini-Cooper-2DR-COUPE-2002-2006-VLT/130938771371 there are others, but this one...

So in round 2 of the spacer game, I think I got it right. Maybe not perfect, but conservative enough that on my first test run nothing rubbed....