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Great write up and a great sounding car!!! It's awesome that more and more MINI's are getting into the Time Attack/Redline racing... Looking for some good numbers in 2010

Cheers!!!
Mike

 

Are those Sparco Pro 2000's? I want a pair of those.

Also, were those intercooler horn adapters for the front mount from GRS as well?

You have an awesome MINI.

 

Do you think they remember how to make it? I would love to have a front mount intercooler. Could be too loud though. I know you cannot make a noise comparison because of the turbo in there. Anyway, I tend to need my a/c from time to time, so I cannot give up the condenser for a large front mount intercooler.

Those pipes going over the radiator had to have require cutting the hood or grill. My Aeroquip lines for my oil cooler barely make it through there.

 

And I bow for respect. Great work. I love the molded brake ducts and the center console. Gorgeous.

 

Beautiful car and setup and thank you for the write up! :cornut:

 

What tracks do you run on? What part of the country are you in?

 

Since I'm guessing that you spend a fair amount of time on the track, I'm curious what your experience and analytical nature have to say about brakes and tires. What do you use to stop all that horsepower? Do you have any issues with brake cooling? Favorite pads? Dual brake cooling hoses like the Challenge cars? What are your favorite tires to run? Any thoughts on tire pressures in different weather and track layouts?

 

BMW CCA's Oktoberfest is going to be at Road America in 2010. Got room on the trailer for 2 MINIs?

It's only an 18 hour drive from Dallas...

4 mile natural road course. One of the great road racing tracks in the world.

Just saying...

 

2nd that, Elkhart Lake is a fantastic place to run.....

But closer to home (for you) is Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Al and of course, Road Atlanta. Both fantastic venues......

If you go north, don't miss running at Watkins Glen, that track has huge elevation changes, long sweeping esses and is in a beautiful part of upstate New York. As long as you're in the NE, another "don't miss it" track is Lime Rock Park - a short track by comparison but huge fun to run on and perfect for a MINI.

Lastly, VIR is a privately owned track off in the Virginia hills, and one of my favorites with its long backstraight, uphill esses and classic Oak Tree corner.

 

awesome stuff....is it just me or does it sound like you have a owl somewhere in your engine...

 

Yup, definitely helps, thanks. I was cobbling together a brake setup last season that was mostly a reactive effort, so it's helpful to take stock of all the little observations of others, like softer rear pads. Do you track any metrics unrelated to engine performance, or does GPS cover all the bases?

I run TSW's MDM kit (with the Outlaw calipers), but I agree with the JCW/R56 caliper assessment. Don't quote me on this 'cause I don't trust my eyes all the time, but the JCW pads look like they have a larger swept area. I wouldn't trade the alu fixed calipers for anything, but it looks like the JCW's use the whole rotor.

VIR is awesome in a MINI; it could be unreal with the HP to keep up on the long straights. Uphill esses, 5th on the floor, are what I dream about when it's freezing in January.

 

Actually, VIR is pretty awesome fun even in a stock MINI S, let alone in something with both HP and brakes! ;-)

So is the Glen, tho. The last time I was there last october there were several MINIs in various states of moddom, they all were having a ton o fun. I was driving (of all things ) a Saturn coupe, and even tho it crawled up the toe of the boot, it was still a blast, especially the long uphill esses where I was flat out from the exit of turn one till I got to the bus stop! Yeehaw!

 

Awesome build and thread, thanks for sharing with us!

 

Oh and BTW, there is a thread here on MA about the ATI Super Damper, and it seems like a quality product. Are you running something other than stock for a crank damper?