I'll be washing my JCW-GP

 

Definitely need to wash my JCW-GP...

 

Ha ha! Even though it's above 32 today and sunny, more sleet, ice and snow coming for the weekend, so the salt and crap is going to have to build up for a few more days. Makes me sad! I might be moving to Waco. Much nicer to keep a car clean there! Baylor Univ, please call!

 

Oil change and installed a new torque arm with Powerflex bushing.

 

Installed JB+ which really woke it up! Think the torque arm bushing is next.

 

Had him towed to the dealership. Heater stopped working last night and car overheated on my way to work this morning. Coolant pump cracked at 26k miles

 

Find my oil leak...same as my old oil leak the return line this time it's the braided oil return line is leaking a then fitting...lost half a quart in 5 days... I just changed the oil with my $7 mini oil...

Hopefully I can warranty the line it's only been one less than a month...I smoke out every time I boost...

 

Just added a side decal:

 

Scheduled a full service today for next week. Whatever it needs will be done! Of course, I trust my mechanic! DSA Performance, Kyle Gannon rules the Nebraska lands around here! He's honest and doesn't take you to town on this and that. He races German cars and knows excactly what to do to the MINI. I trust him fully. Nice to finally have a guy here in town I can trust. I used Ryk Sorensen in Edmonds WA for over 20 years before I moved. It was sad to say goodbye to him. He always treated me great and we became great friends! I'm hoping for the same with Kyle.

 

Just received an Orranje G Wing from the UK, this afternoon, dropped it off to be painted on my way home.It's gonna to be sweet!

 

Just uploaded my Battle/DNA tune. Different car. Runs smoother when at idle. The non-linear map is a baseball slap to the face. Tomorrow I'll try the linear map and see how I fancy that!

 

loooot of new parts.. springs, rsb, fsb, harness.. damper on its way hopefully

 

New rear hatch (boot) struts....about 3 minutes each...about $40 for the pair from rockauto.com..added a dab of grease to the ***** when I installed them...then lubed the rear hinges.....guess I got my $$ out of the oem ones..almost 10 years!! Who says mini can't build a good car!! Heck if this winter wasn't so cold, bet I could have waited till next fall!!
New rear wiper (oem)..in a "Valeo"... box $10 amazon.
PIAA front wiper refils ...super silicone... Best wipers ever on a MINI....I got 3 YEARS of use from the first set...bought them from outmotoring...blades were worn..finely, but the wiper portion still looks new...so got rrefills for them on amazon $12 each....
Simple basic mantaince.... But keeps everything like new!

 

Double post.....

 

Took Grumpy Cat for a Ride:

 

Curbed one of his new wheels Fergus is having a tough week.

 

Finally got around to getting these fitted these to my FJCW today!
(GP2 Recaro Seats, GP2 Red Seat Belts and GP2 Floor Mats)

 

New shoes.

 

Nice shoes, DavisFlyer. After $15k+, I just bought Prosport gauges (boost/oil press/H2O temp) and Powerflex rear trailing arm bushings. Installing next week.

 

Fantastic looking MINI, davisflyer. Nice new shoes and thanks for the pics.

 

Getting things together for a new season of motoring new vibra technics upper motor mount, BSH lower mount, new euro blind spot mirror glass to replace my cracked ones. Just waiting for my replacement exhaust to come in now

 

What happened to your exhaust, miniblu?

 

Thanks! I neglected to mention in the original post that I put Michelin Pilot Super Sports on it as well, 215 size. Exceptional tire!!

 

The position of it changed after I added a header to it. The exhaust wasn't designed for the convertible and so I had spacer made to get it to fit. Now it's hitting the cross braces in back and has split the pipe. Now I'm just waiting for the supplier to get the updated exhaust in. Scorpion has redesigned it to fit the convertible

 

Hope you're up and ready to motor soon!