Had our 2014 banquet today, collected some hardware! First award was the 2014 HS class champion award. Similar to 2013’s but larger and actually says the year. The next award is the index award. I wanted to make top 20 index this year, and was able to reach that goal at 17th. Finally, I received…
Welcome and big thanks to my newest sponsor, English Racing! ER is primarily (for me) an Evo shop, tuning my Evo & it’s ACD for an optimal autoxing setup. So while they don’t do anything directly for the Mini, they have been supporting me as a driver and in return I’d like to support them…
Decided to do a final event in the Evo, which turned out to be somewhat of a mistake. Had a hard time getting used to the car and plowed and plowed everywhere – I’ve got a wheel liner, undertray & lip to fix now during the offseason… oh well. I ran consistently in the 51.5’s…
Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 225/50-17 (Evo, 11/2014-current) Bought these as my commuters for my Evo. Nice, comfortable, and quiet tires compared to the summer tires that I’m normally on – though that’s not necessarily saying much. Size is about an inch taller than standard, which adds a little gearing for the highway. They’ve got a ton…
Great end to the year! Had been debating between going to St Louis’s Gateway track event & this one, but in the end I decided to see my friends at CCSCC one more time. It was a good choice. Great event on Saturday. Cold, but I enjoyed the course. It was a very traditional/standard CCSCC course.…
First time trying out the CSCC in Columbus, IN and I must say it was a good time. From the videos I saw of the site I wasn’t sure how it was going to be. The lot is pretty broken up and will probably need repair soon, but it served it’s purpose. If it weren’t…
General Altimax RT43 195/65-15 (Corolla, 11/2014-current) Bought these to replace the old General Altimax tires I had on the Corolla before. While the tires perform decently, they do seem to have some sort of quality control issue or something. I’ve had several tire leak problems, none of which stemming from the tire actually having a…
With the final points event of the year done, I’m more readily able to drive my Evo at some of these end of the year events. Last Sunday was one of them. It turned out to be more of a test n tune than anything, but helped me get used to the Evo a little…
Last points event of the year for St. Louis region SCCA Solo! Despite weather.com’s forecast of 0% of rain, it was misting/raining pretty good through parts of the day. However, more than anything, this turned out to be a blessing. I had Stlsolo’s #1 driver codrive the Mini with me, which once again gave me…
Followed the details from a forum post – went very smoothly. You will need 12qts of ATF fluid to do a complete flush. Basically the process is Drain from the plug Drop the pan Drop the filter Install new filter Reinstall pan with new gasket Add about 4qts through the dipstick tube Disconnect the transmission…
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