Send me a pic. I decided to not let the 16" winter wheels drive the bus. Anybody need a set of white 16" wheels with good winter runflat rubber?

 

SCDA peeps.....apparently Ian Prout passed away today. There is a FB post announcing it. ��

 

Wow, so sorry to hear that. It seems so sudden. Does anyone know what happened?

 

I see the announcement on the scda website. Such a surprise at this very sad news.

 

Very sorry to hear.
They were the ones who got me going with the track stuff at Monticello.

 

Totally out of the blue!

 

There was an ad recently for his Mini for sale. I am sorry to hear about this, he was definitely a great guy and I can say his organization is top notch. I am glad to see it will continue.

 

Sad day.

 

45 years old.
That is way too early...

 

Nothing as far as cause yet......who knows. He was a diehard smoker tho but total speculation.

 

He definitely smoked way too much. Still too young and sudden.

 

Hey slinger688 - are you going to get to go to the upcoming F1 race? Or too busy?

 

If I am in town, I might go. It can be a bit pricey. Are you coming to take in the race as well?

 

What is "pricey"?? I compare everything to the $80 general admission tickets I bought for the Indy races.......what a value!

 

Say, you enjoy!
I'm actually in the process of prepping my car for my upcoming track day. Sooooo, I'm going to miss it.

 

Are you guys talking about the F1 race in Singapore? Or somewhere else? The Singapore race is about sgd $200 for general admin. And that is not even the outer nose bleed bleachers.

 

The Chinese GP on April 17 in Shanghai. I guess the one in Singapore would make more sense for you to go to.

 

I was thinking of the Singapore race....apparently Eddie thinks the Chinese race is at your backdoor! ��

 

FWIW, I joined the Palmer Motorsports Driver Club this year - first member day is next Thursday!! I plan to primarily track my Mini there, and as I've been saying all year, I'm about one spilled cup of coffee away from gutting it and installing a roll cage. I'll work up to tracking my other cars as the season progresses...

 

Yah, my oops. The Chinese race wouldn't be much more in slinger's backdoor than ours. That said they do have a nice track for this upcoming race.

 

What's the deal with this "club"? Cost? Advantages? Access to instructors? Or at least a link to that info.

At any rate, have fun and let us know how it goes.

As for turning your MINI into a full fledged track car - I have seen a few and nicely done at that. Hmmmm is that spilled coffee I see? LOL

 

That is funny Eddie. That is not the first time I have been asked geographically challenging questions about Singapore.

 

Eddie07S — Did you buy the Wilwood rear calipers? Or do you still use the OEMs?

 

Info here: http://palmermsp.com/

I bought in with a premium/founding membership ($20k initiation + $2500/yr annual) which gets 30+ days access to the track per season, ability to bring a guest driver (some restrictions apply), non-driving guests, access to all of the track facilities (covered garage space, etc), and all prioritized based on member number. Pro instructors are available at $500/day. There is a lower level membership that caps you at 10 days per season (IIRC).

I went last Thursday and brought my cousin as a guest driver (he has an '84 911). It was the first day of the calendar and a mid-week day at that, so there were only 3 other cars that took to the track at all. Basically, we had it to ourselves and worked with an instructor all day long. I calculated that I got in somewhere around 50-60 laps (but I wasn't counting). That's 50+ laps with zero track traffic, totally on our schedule, etc. I loved it and cannot wait to go again!

 

I stayed with the stock rear calipers, that is all you need. A lot of people run the stock pads too. I run the Carbotech XP8s. They will last about 2 years maybe 3, and I leave them in for the summer. I take them out in the fall and put the stock ones in for the winter. The XP8s are fine on the street, no noise but dusty (about the same as the stock ones).

So you taking the dive and getting a BBK for the fronts?