2017 Index Plans to get the cars ready for 2017 – may change from time to time. Mini: Change tires from 205/50-16 to 205/45-16 for better acceleration & handling New pads/rotors? Evo: New bumper cap, strut tower center bolt, spark plugs, oil crush washer BBS caps x2 – canceled, wheels sold Order new power steering…
Final event of the year today for CCSCC – brought the Evo out after fixing the brake softness to see if the brake smoking would also be fixed – it was not, and these pads are officially done. They overheated at the last track day and something about the pads on the passenger’s side just…
Wanted to encapsulate my timeline for the Evo brake situation this year now that it is resolved. Took the Evo to a track day with NASA HPDE 7/9-10 Brakes failed near the end of day 1 – turned out I wore one of my pads to its backing plate Got some brakes from a fellow…
Ended 2016 with 114 runs on the Mini’s tires, slightly down from the last couple of years. As expected, the RE71Rs wore very quickly. Impressively, the tires still had grip, so very pleased with these tires.
A small update – was wavering back and forth a little on installing these before the end of the season. They definitely got destroyed over time at autox, running over cones etc. However, with the evo (passenger’s side) brakes smoking over the last two events, thought I’d throw them on to see if it helps…
Penultimate event in the Evo today. Still sorting out some braking issues, and after the 2nd run the pads already started smoking. I’m going to reinstall the brake air guides, which I had been waiting on. The brakes are also a little too soft, so I’m going to bleed the brakes again one more time…
Installed Amsoil SS Lines as part of a long effort to fix the brake pedal feel in the Evo. Straightforward process where the hard brake lines screw into the SS lines. Only difficulty was getting it to hold in the right position to screw everything in easily.
Needed two just beat two guys today to lock in 20th, managed to do so by the skin of my teeth. Instead of drastically improving, I’ve stepped down in ranking every year so far. However, the region spiked in competition this year, with many newcomers and fast drivers. Looking at the relative scores (top 6…
Had a lot of people codriving the Evo for the GAX event. The powertrain was solid, but unfortunately the brakes were showing their weakness. They actually started smoking while AD and I were codriving in the 2nd heat, so I decided to switch things up for the afternoon – I had TS run it in…
Been battling a lot of things later in the season with this car, but none more so than the brakes. The latest string of upgrades haven’t nailed down the ‘air in lines’ vs ‘something wrong’ battle, but I have to say I’m very pleased with how the Evo brakes turned out. Ran into a bit…
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