I am new to this forum but not to cars/mini's. My name is Scott. I am 21 years old and live in Roseville Michigan. I stumbled across this forum while attempting to find some torque specs. This is the current state of my mini.
Scott, welcome. Your intro photos are certainly not the typical "proud-MINI" owner type pix. Very creative
Long story short i purchased this GP eight months ago. The previous owner did not take very good care of it. So basically now i am just going through the car and replacing any bad, worn or questionable parts. I started to tear her down yesterday. Parts to be installed: -Tsw engine mount -BSH lower mount -Power flex trans mount insert -Power flex belt tensioner bushings/detroit tuned tensioner stop -New serpentine belt -Power Flex control arm bushigs -Craven Speed +2% crank pulley -Detroit tuned bypass valve -Craven Speed Strut tower defeners after i unmushroom the towers -Oil pan gasket -Crank sensor seal -Aux radio cable -Passenger Rear fender trim and random assorted broken clips This list may grow as i continue to tear into the car.
Wow, sounds like the MINI is in much better hands now, good luck with everything! You came to the right place for any advice or questions...
Thought that was a GP Inter-cooler on there from the pic, reading the thread confirmed my suspicions. Welcome to Motoring Alliance, thanks for joining.
Welcome, after the GP is up and running and all detailed, pictures please. Good job rescuing a neglected GP, how sad! What is the number on your GP? Don
So i spent some time digging into the car today and in my quest to make things right i ended up pulling the sub frame before it got to cold. Chad i will be in tomorrow to pick up some more parts. Don i have GP 1066
Today i went over to Detroit Tuned. I picked up Powerflex front sway bar bushings and the h sport rear 25mm bar. Thanks guys for amazing customer service as always
I picked up Vorshlag camber plates from DT a couple days ago :] Today i will be picking up a 15% pulley.
This is the way to redo the car, the right way. Just replace anything that youthink coulld be wrong and get what you want when you do it. Then there is no question that everything is sound. I did this to an MR2 I owened and ended up with a 643hp monster. The addiction got out of hand. I commend you for your quest of fixing the GP the right way.
The car is finally fixed and everything the way i wanted it. It is currently up for sale now that i feel i have returned it to a proper GP. Time for another toy/project. I just don't have space to keep the Gp any longer :[.