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  1. minsanity

    minsanity Well-Known Member

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    Long overdue striker update courtesy of Allmag.[emoji106] Silence w/o taping, finally.[​IMG][​IMG]And this....[​IMG]

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  2. Crashton

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    Removed the front plate from Skooby. No moar front plates in Ohio. :D Put a coating of Prima Epic on the hot chocolate body. Nice & shiny. I'll try & snap a pic or two tomorrow.
     
  3. MCS02

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    Ok not really mini but the track day was fun. The only incident I had was when I came out on the straight and the car in-front of me waved me by I pilled right to pass him at a good clip. thats when a guy in a modified new GT350 Rosh Mustang decided to make it 3 wide. I don't know where he came from I thought I was watching my mirrors. On the briefing by the instructor after the session he was making a big point of not passing unless pointed by. He said the three wide happened a couple times. He did not seem happy. The only person not there to listen to him was the dude in the mustang. After the Novice parade my son said to watch him because he was getting the car sideways on the parade lap.

    Near the end of the second session about half way down the straight (its a drag strip) my car hesitated then in the back coming out of some corners it did it agin. I slowed and pilled into the paddock and shut the car down. A girl came over and said a lot of whits smoke came out of the care. The exhaust was white, I cranked the car and it was blowing out white cotton material. I thank my muffler gave up the ghost. Also the dipstick was up a little and some oil had been spit out. Its normal for my dipstick to be pushed up but this first time I have seen oil.
    On the way home the car pulled fine at half throttle but under WOT at 4500 RPM it would start to miss till about 48 or 5000 and the pulls fine. I did have a post cat O2 code before the track day.
    Its 57 and cloudy today to cold for a southern boy. Tomorrow I will check the codes and have a good look around.
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  4. wmwny

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    Got the driver's side windshield chip repaired today.
     
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    Something to quiet the dash down a bit.[emoji4][​IMG][​IMG]

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  6. cristo

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    :Thumbsup:Pops and burbles are back!
    They went away when I started getting
    a MAF plausibility pending code 2B5C
    (P115C) and when I replaced the
    throttle body the codes stopped and
    the pops and burbles came back.
     
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    Tweedbean's How-To here gave me the courage to finally do what's long overdue.[emoji4]
    Gave the dremel duties to my bud to give him some confidence to do his GP next. Painful sight, the cutting. Haha. After everything was sealed, the sealant was visible thru the clear. Cheated a bit w/ VHT Nightshade to hide it.
    Happy w/ the result....The bud? Still in shock....will likely leave his GP alone.[emoji16][​IMG][​IMG]

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  8. MCS02

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    Started the Helmet a few days ago and let it run. Tomorrow I plan on taking it to work. I haven’t driven it in some time now.
     
  9. beken

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    Since we're not allowed to socially gather, I took a day off and went motoring all by myself.

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    Washed and waxed (P21s).
     
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    It was. Took 3 days off, ended being called in to work on 2 of those three days. So I just turned everything off. Have to do solo drives in this day of social distancing and COVID.

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  12. wmwny

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    Looks like some snow is on the horizon here in Western Ohio next week, so my snow tires are going on my S on Friday. Even though my tires are all season, I'm pretty sure they'd be about worthless, as they are more of a 3-season tire.
     
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    We can not have 3 MINI/Minis in the garage. Either had to sell the R50(which is what I am replacing with the R56S) or my wife said she would sell her 1974 Austin Classic Mini......easy choice!
     
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    This is insane in a different way...

     
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    R56S tweaking continues. Harness bar, and custom rear seat delete platform which is the base for my Mini Sleeping Pod Version S! Lol
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  16. cristo

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    Digging the cars out of curbside
    parking (no driveway, no garage)
    for the third and final time for this storm.
    Waiting for the plumber/hvac for
    our furnace (thermocouple) and
    tomorrow, another contractor for gas
    and electric work to get a whole house
    generator installed.
    Good thing I’m on staycation this week.
     
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    Yesterday I ordered some new aftermarket tail lights for my wife's MINI from Outmotoring. They got here this morning. They are a great company.
     
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    MCS02,
    Did you get the UNION Jack taillights or another option. I need to look for something a OutMotoring for my JCW Clubbie, I wonder what Aaron has in the store. :)
    Don

    Everyone have a safe and Merry Christmas, stay safe on New Years. We still have the crap floating in the air (cough, cough). :(

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    Got these tail lights in over the weekend. Full led and sequential turns/hazards. Will get some video soon.

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