Testing the new 24psi map at the novice school for future track days – everything felt pretty good, not too much difference. Not a ton of difference on the more aggressive ACD tune here also, but saw 3 ACD lights come up on the drive there and back, which subsequently went away after the car…
Only my second event in the Mini this year. Course was awful. Spent most of the event trying to get solo storm to work. It seemed to go okay for the second run, but bungled my 4th run, which was my fastest. I have no idea really its inner workings so it’s very difficult to…
Had my first track day since 2016 – this is a culmination of most of the prep that I’ve done this off-season; namely, improving the brakes and oil systems. With the brakes, I jumped from 320mm rotors to the 350mm rotor setup of the evo X. This also meant going larger wheels and tires, and…
After breaking the strut bolt, messing up the wheel and strut at the last event, I immediately ordered new parts from the dealership and swapped the eccentric camber bolts and the bottom strut bolt. While I’m still planning to have Solo Performance Specialties give the car a once over before the track day on 6/1,…
Switched back to my autox set for the stlsolo event and after the second run the driver’s side lower shock bolt (non eccentric) either broke or sheared and I lost all camber control in the driver’s side wheel. The camber would go practically straight on right-handers and went so negative on left-handers that the back…
Decided the previous color, charcoal mist, was a little too dark & too blue in certain lighting. This time went with a more hyper silver/silver look, decided that would be more neutral than the previous color. They look good, much better than before, and I think look much better on the white. I coated them…
Good second event with the Boeing club this year. We had a friend staying over the weekend, so I went in early to help set up the course, and then had the friend ride along with me, before heading back home to grill. The course stayed dry for the entirety of my runs, save for…
First event of the season in Stl today – very cold temps. Struggled with the back end turn around, I think I should have braked in a straight-line first, more, and then went through. Car felt good, as it always does in the cold. Still working on slalom distance, and in general, save for the…
03212018 Mini UOA #7 Red Line 5w30 4,304 mi, 47 autox runs
Went ahead and installed the ST43s today to wear in at the 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, and 5/27 autox events in the Evo. I had leftover titanium shims (!) from Girodisc that I added with them. These are from the soft-brake fiasco in 2016. The shims didn’t sit flush with the back of the S/S brake…
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