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looks like a pretty fun ride!

hope you have fun with it!

 

I want want want want a track car.

Congrats!

 

Very cool! Good luck with it, and keep us posted.

Wonder how many years it'll be until mine looks like that...

- Marc

 

congrats: I know the car well. I wonder if Randy Webb is rolling in his grave, seeing all those Mania stickers on his baby. One thing you might consider is going with the correct factory Trans fluid. Those boxes can be finicky with the wrong oil. Good luck

 

Congrats again on scoring Randy's old Mule!

For what it's worth, I run AMSoil 5W-30 syncromesh MTF and it's helped me be able to shift noticeably quicker on track with no more "beating the syncros" grinding. Since it's so much lighter I can't vouch that it'll make the gears last a billion miles, but if your car is a track car then you don't plan on it lasting that long anyway!

 

The wrong trans oil can cause syncrho chunking during hard shifting. I have had a couple of cars through the shop where we had to flush the trans (several expensive times) of aftermarket oil. I honestly can't remember if the Redline was the offending lube. I do remember that early on, JLM (one of the original MINI hot-rodders) used Red Line in his trans when we installed the quaife. I think that his trans was fine, so maybe you are good with Red Line in your box. He eventually sold the car to the RSR motorsports so it's now in their stable.

 

I have opinions based on anecdotal evidence to share. From my Internet research, conversations with a couple lube manufacturers, and Terry Dyson, plus a few lube “cocktail” experiences, there appears to be a difference between slick shifting and protection as an outcome for gearbox lubrication types. Slick shifting does not necessarily mean it’s a healthy lube for our synchros or gear teeth. For protection it’s all about the additive package, plus a Torsen type differential like the Quaife adds an extra shear factor in the mix. For a Quaife equipped MINI gearbox using RL MTL, I would mix half RL MT 90 or Sylkolene SYN 5 with it. Straight MTF 94 has had great analysis reports on my Quaife equipped gearbox in the past over short fluid change intervals. I’m currently mixing MTF 94 with SYN 5 and it has quieted gear noise a bit and firmed up shift action. If you have a Quaife, change lube at less than 25k intervals, if using a non-OEM transmission lube, change at short intervals, if using MTF 94 without an ATB diff or LSD, you can go a long time with it safely.

A fast way to chunk synchros is with a short shifter and forceful ballistic shifting.

 

Nice to see The Mule has a new and good home! Congrats!
Too bad Jerry is selling his car. Wish I had the $$$$$

See you at the track!

Jim

 

The Mule lives. That's a good thing.

 

A quick question. Does the car still have the MININUTS decals on it?

 

Why, yes they do make you go faster. But we don't just give them away. You have to earn them. :devil:

//and there is a secret initiation

 

If I told you it would no longer be a secret.

 

Yep, I'll be at Infineon. I actually get PAID to shoot this one! Go figure!
Have fun at Thunderhill. Hope it's not as HOT as it was when I was up there a couple of weeks ago. 100-105!!! Blech!!:mad5:

Jim