irst time with BSCC’s autox today at the newly (still in progress) paved Family Arena. Fairly satisfied with what they were able to put out, especially with the lot we had available to us. The main point of the event, and so soon from nationals, was to break in the the new RS3V2s. I am…
I’d been debating whether or not I’d want new tires, whether I’d want them before or after nats, what tires to get in general etc. – decided to just go for it and bought brand new Hankook RS3V2’s in 205/45-16. This setup is a good bit shorter than what I had been running with the…
Pretty much since Spring Nationals at Lincoln, I decided I would greatly benefit from tinting the windows. No limo tint or anything illegal, but enough to cool down the interior (black car, albeit white roof) & protect me from UV rays. The sun felt like it was 5 ft above me at Lincoln, and in…
These were purchased more as a stop-gap before I moved onto the Hankook RS3’s. Very impressed with these tires overall. The talk is that these tires required a lot of heat to be happy, which I found to be true. I kind of liked that about these tires, as opposed to the ZII’s. I can…
Had a nice little 2 week break from autox after I had been stressing out over it after the last event. I had hoped taking some time off from it would help clear my mind some, and get back into it with a little more motivation and driving wisdom possibly. While I don’t think it…
I think this was the first tire that was available in the now mandatory 200tw, which is why I went with them. The grip was pretty decent overall, but these tires heat cycled out before the tread wore down (part of why I elected to get ZIIss for the NB Miata), and I ended up…
Good event today. Course was an interpretation of the west course at Spring Nats 2014, albeit we were much more space limited. Gates etc were much narrower, thought it was definitely a good course and good interpretation. Not a great day for me overall. I think this was my first time racing at Stl on…
In an effort to maintain it’s daily driver part of the equation, I’ve replaced the OEM Contipro Contact tires ahead of time. I’ve done this for several reasons – the biggest being that I wanted to stretch the gearing a little bit. I do a lot of highway driving between events, and not only will…
Tires. Are. Done. Decent course at CCSCC today, and like the first event of the year, I had D. Marx codrive the MINI with me. By the first run, we had determined that the tires are heat cycled out, which I guess is reasonable. I got a pretty sweet drift on them on the back…
This is a how-to for all 2007-2013 Mini Coopers (R56) to bleed/flush the brake fluid. We used a Motive pressure bleeder & an brake fluid catch bottle. This will catch the old brake fluid. May seem like a lot of money for a specialized tool, but considering dealerships and other shops charge anywhere from $100-$125…
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