Performance:
Custom intake
Magnaflow cat-back
Powerflex upper and lower motor mounts
Spec Stage 1 clutch
Rear seat and spare tire delete


Others:
Suspension:
H-sport springs
Koni Yellows
18mm HandR rear sway
OMP lower front strut brace
H-sport rear control arms
Powerflex front control arm bushings
fresh ball joints!!

Alignment:
Front camber (-0.5 on driver) (-0.3 on passenger)
Front toe(1/16 toe out)
Rear camber (-1.4)
Rear toe (1/16 toe in)

Brakes:
Powerslot front rotors
Mintex pads all around
Brake Calipers painted red

Wheels and tires:
Black with red lip (Rota Group N's) (12lbs) (15x6.5)
205/50/15 Bfgoodrich G-Force Sports (20 lbs)

Exterior:
Mini Cooper S front bumper
Aero kit front grill
Tinted windows (35% on front) (15% on rear)
Blacked out:
(Head light rings
MINI Cooper S gas cap
beltline
Lower front grill
reverse light
Side markers
Side grill markers)

Stock tow hook painted red
Racing strips on bonnet and boot
Debaged rear
Yellow tint on front turn signals
Shorty anttena

Interior:
Red shift boot
Aftermarket shift **** shift ****
Red tape around tac


Audio:
Pioneer deck
Pioneer 6 1/2 front speakers
stock tweeters and rear 6X9 speakers

 

And I forgot, custom eyebrows for the headlights!

 

hello fellow Justa's. I have some work to do on my R50 but i plan on Autoxing when the major stuff is done. Put me on the list as a member of Team Justacooper.

 

Do I just post and get to join the club =P

I've Auto-Xed before, taken Skip Barber driving school, and look forward to tracking my Mini for the first time early next year.

Mods in signature!

 

WoW!.lots of new signups since I last visited the site. Welcome to autoxcooper, hypnohealer, speedwing, carjoy, carve906, adam76, bluecooper, unixgal, chilipeppa03, yellowtruck61, and woahfactor3.
Just ran the last event for the year last Sunday. Seems like Jan 3rd (next scheduled event) will never get here. Haven't claimed any S scalps yet but I'm getting closer. Just wish I wasn't such a slooow learner.
MOTOR ON!

 

Attending an all day performance driving school tomorrow. One on one instruction, two different courses, and lunch. Should be great! I can't wait.

 

You warm weather folks annoy me.

Out last autocross was a couple of months ago. And, except for ice-racing, we don't have anything scheduled for another 4 months at least. And last year, events in the first few weeks of the season were cancelled because of snow on the tracks.

 

I'm sorry. I'll think of you tomorrow, you poor thing! You can think of me when it is August and 115 degrees at 6:00 a.m. and we are standing out there on asphalt!

 

Talk about withdrawal symptoms, 4 or 5 months without running. .Ouch. We have to put up with the 100+ temperatures but at least we get to run year around. Most race days the biggest decision to be made is whether to wear a short sleeve t-shirt or a long sleeved one

 

Just letting everyone know, the R50 and I threw down at the 1st Los Angeles BMWCCA Auto x of the season. Second place in MINI Modified.

 

Congrats.. Its nice to see a good place for "Justacooper" Shows them r53 thingys

 

On my third "just a Cooper" since May 2002.

BRG/W 2001 - May 2002 delivery - traded in December 2004 @ 50K+ miles

Jet Black/W 2005 - December 2004 delivery - "totaled by "clueless" SUV driver in June 2005 @ 15K+ miles

Jet Black/W 2005 - Bought off the showroom floor at MotML (Philly) in June 2005 - Will turn 60K in the next week or so.

[NOTE: Racing involvement to date limited to spectating - if you don't count crewing for the RSR Motorsports Cooper S's in the Koni Challenge Series. ]

 

Hello TJAC!!

It's been awhile since my only post and I have to agree with IMPULSE this team is growing!!!! BTW I've been moding like crazy here's my list (just performance)

K&N Typhon 69 short ram intake
Borla cat back exhaust
VIP engine stabilizer
MSD ignition coil
MSD super-conductor wires
NGK Iridium IX plugs
AMSoil 0W-30 signature motor oil
Craven speed short shifter
OEM second Gen clutch
Motul RBF600 brake fluid
Stoptech S/S braided lines @ all 4s
Hawk HP+ pads @ all 4s
Power slot (cryo treated) rotors @ all 4s
Konig Feather 15x6 wheels(11lbs each)
Falken Azenis RT615 205/50 tires (21lbs each)
M7 FSTB
Pilo Racing RSTB
H-sport springs
Helix Adj. front camber plates
H-sport Adj. lower rear control arms
Alta 22mm 3 pos adj RASB
Schroth 4point harness

Soon to come:

Mini Madness custom ecu tune
Bilstien PSS10 coil overs

Settings

Front;
camber: -2 deg
toe 1/16 out
tire pressure 43lbs

Rear;
camber -1.5 deg
toe 1/16 in
tire pressure 36lbs
RASB middle setting

 

Count me in too

 

count me in...its not all about the car but about the driver in the car...the human element is a key factor in any car run...

 

count me in! 2003 R50 cvt indi blue.

 

Mine's still working on becoming whole again

 

 

Team justacooper in action - pictures taken by gbmini http://gbmini.net/G2/v/2008album/ADSS2008/

 

Great video Snid!! Nice to see you back up and running again!

 

Sign me up and count me in, PLEASE!

 

Glad to see the Mini back together and out on course again Snid.

 

Thanks for the well-wishes.

The brown MINI is actually back in the shop right now for some minor fixes before hitting the track (New Hampshire Motor Speedway) this weekend. I'm anxious to get it back out on a "bigger" track again.

 

What happened to you is what keeps me from doing my best. Precious is my daily driver and could not go without her for any length of time. Perhaps one day as SIDARTHUR (Jerry) put it, I can write off a race car and do it 100% until then I will enjoy autoxing and the occasional track day and beating everyone in my class and a few higher classes as well.

 

Another couple of days on the track... another handful of cars passed.

I haven't edited together the "passing" footage, but here's a lap of NHMS:

http://flickr.com/photos/snid/265372...7606047253568/

I'll edit together some more footage soon. I didn't tape everything. I didn't tape when I had an instructor in the car. And I ran out of tape in a couple of sessions. I do have an hour of footage of the fence my car was parked in front of, though.

I got my first point-by from an R56 MCS (and a few other cars, too)