Team Justacooper
Me, at least half the time. I'm thinking of taking the JustaCooper to the next track day. (July 5th at Infineon.)
6th Gear
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 2,021
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From: Burlington, VT
I've been neglecting this thread...
My justacooper has been through a lot lately. onasled is using it as the test car for some track only suspension upgrades. The testing path has not been 100% smooth, so there has been a lot of wrenching going on on the car in the last couple of weeks.
But, the brown MINI is still out there as much as possible. So far this season, that has been one track day at NHMS, instructing at a BMW club skills school (car control clinic) - including giving rides to some other MINI owners... owners of Cooper S's that were stock or had the "normal" mods for a Cooper S... they were flabbergasted by the handling of the justacooper.
And one dat at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant - unfortunately, I broke a CV joint towards the end of the day and couldn't drive on day 2.
The car is back together, but still making some disconcerting noises. I may autocross it this Sunday - I'm waiting on word from onasled as to wether the best course of action is to drive it hard and try to break it, or baby it and get it to him so he can try to find the source of the noise.
Fingers crossed, it will be close enough to 100% to make it through the 2 day BMC club event at NHMS on July 5-6. I'll have the onasled support vehicle there to do some suspension tuning - if the car is track ready. So, send some positive vibes my way.
My justacooper has been through a lot lately. onasled is using it as the test car for some track only suspension upgrades. The testing path has not been 100% smooth, so there has been a lot of wrenching going on on the car in the last couple of weeks.
But, the brown MINI is still out there as much as possible. So far this season, that has been one track day at NHMS, instructing at a BMW club skills school (car control clinic) - including giving rides to some other MINI owners... owners of Cooper S's that were stock or had the "normal" mods for a Cooper S... they were flabbergasted by the handling of the justacooper.
And one dat at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant - unfortunately, I broke a CV joint towards the end of the day and couldn't drive on day 2.
The car is back together, but still making some disconcerting noises. I may autocross it this Sunday - I'm waiting on word from onasled as to wether the best course of action is to drive it hard and try to break it, or baby it and get it to him so he can try to find the source of the noise.
Fingers crossed, it will be close enough to 100% to make it through the 2 day BMC club event at NHMS on July 5-6. I'll have the onasled support vehicle there to do some suspension tuning - if the car is track ready. So, send some positive vibes my way.
4th Gear
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 466
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From: MIAMI
Im thinking of doing it along the bottom of mine (dont like writing across the top)
http://btwyx.com/Movies/InfineonBesti.mov
Last edited by Btwyx; Dec 18, 2011 at 06:56 PM.
2nd Gear
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 73
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From: BG, Ky
Can I join?
with an aggressive driver we can run with an S,
gs 55 -------------- Cooper S 76.653 73.282 72.001 70.873 70.316 72.288 70.155 57.597
hs 17 Howlett, Dean Mini 70.783 69.570 68.570 67.759 68.498 67.174 67.761 53.873
(Bold times are PAX)
I usually drive the 7 to autocross, it was moded to SCCA ASP rules, but the Mini is so much fun I just have to take it sometimes. It's been on the Nashville Superspeedway road course, but I need more camber then the factory thought I should have, and don't get me started on the Conti tires.
with an aggressive driver we can run with an S,
gs 55 -------------- Cooper S 76.653 73.282 72.001 70.873 70.316 72.288 70.155 57.597
hs 17 Howlett, Dean Mini 70.783 69.570 68.570 67.759 68.498 67.174 67.761 53.873
(Bold times are PAX)
I usually drive the 7 to autocross, it was moded to SCCA ASP rules, but the Mini is so much fun I just have to take it sometimes. It's been on the Nashville Superspeedway road course, but I need more camber then the factory thought I should have, and don't get me started on the Conti tires.
2nd Gear
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 73
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From: BG, Ky
I plan on putting it on an alignment machine and doing the "three bolt" camber adjustment, I just want to see what it does to the toe-in, and make sure camber is equal side to side, and I'm hopeful that I can get 4 16 inch wheels from a cooler S from someone locally, too. 16 inch wheels and high performance tires for summer, and 15 inch with Conti's for winter is the plan.
Well folks its official: I have won the East Tennessee HS Points Championship AND I did it on 380 treadware tires!!!!! Next year however I plan to run Hoosiers on 7-hole wheels and have Koni Yellows by season's end. With the reclassification of several cars, HS is going to be very competitive in my region. We tend to draw drivers from the Tenn region and the Asheville region. Jopin us for a great Sunday with one of the friendliest regions around!
BTW i would like to have a JustaCooper sticker for my little monster, where can i get one?
BTW i would like to have a JustaCooper sticker for my little monster, where can i get one?
Last edited by CMikeR; Nov 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM. Reason: left out plea for sticker...
