Passed 150K on my 03 MCS

 

Just finished wrapping my mini. It was a lot of work but it turned out pretty good.

 

Gorgeous!

 

Great job - it looks incredible.

 

Thanks guys! There are a few spots that need to be done again but you can't really tell. The back bumper cover was definitely the hardest part.

 

Last night, we bought mine a little brother. "Ruckus" is a 2008 Justa in Oxygen Blue (R56?). My 16 year old son has always kept amazing grades in school (in stark contrast to his older brother who excels in every other way except grades), so this is a reward for that anticipated continued grade success. Today, Ruckus got window tint, and I ordered him a Craven dipstick.

 

I am impressed. Nice job. You boost my courage to just do it on my Porsche.

 

Swapped out OEM filter with AFE, added 8 hp to the car. . .

Well probably .8 hp or nothing different at all except a bit of dirt lifted from the air-box. Makes me feel better at least.


AFE Dry Panel Filter

 

Thank you. I highly recommend watching some YouTube videos before doing it specially on how to do areas that are recessed. My biggest tip is to clean the car extremely good and I mean extremely well. I cleaned mine multiple times and still found certain areas that had dirt which will ruin the whole panel that your doing.

 

Today must be Oregon's Change The Air Filter Day. Synchronization of Mini health maintenance.

My down to earth Mini only gets the down to earth essentials.

 

It's the sneezing that made me think of air filters. And I have been allergic a lot these past few days. I didn't have one of those fancy plaid work clothes however.

 

Enkei PF01 17x7 + Michelin PS S4 215/45/17 arriving today.
Will have to look for a break in the rain to swap them on this weekend.

 

I ran K&N but after finding dust in my intake tract I switched to AFE and I really like them. Inspected after a few track days and I'm sold on them, now they are in both minis!

 

Just ordered a basket full of fun from ECS ... now I'm looking forward to the end of the rain so I can install it all.

Motor On!

 

Here they are (click for bigger pics) :

 

Nice

 

Just ordered a new vacuum pump from ECS - speakers from eBay arrived, will install tomorrow (replacing blown driver's side woofer)

 

Just changed mine a few weeks ago ,leaking and it sounded funny, easiest thing I've done so far. That oil cooler/filter housing gasket was definitely a PIA.

All I did today was put on the rear mud flaps...I did the fronts 5 months ago

 

Two spoke delete...Sparco Champion

 

Today we got to live out our larger than life dreams. We spend the afternoon at the track. Desire and I were the first to arrive. Great turn out with 5 R53s and 1 R50. Met two new Miniacs. A nice dry and partly sunny day in the low 70s.

Desire and I were the first to arrive at the track


enough Mini's to have an orgy ; six gen 1 and one countryman


the last run group of the day at dusk

 

Couple weeks ago, I was in the process of removing the front end, and the subframe in order to prepare to replace the clutch, and rear main seal. Since then, I've done the following:

-New inner, and outer balljoints
-Powerflex LCA bushings
-Powerflex Front Sway Bar bushings
-New Tie rods

I wasn't able to work on Egan last weekend due to some personal stuff. Today I got all of that done, but also discovered some more things I can replace in the process.

So I know the oil pan gasket is leaking, as well as the crankshaft position sensor o-ring, and the oil cooler gaskets (oil filter housing gasket appears to be fine for now).

Just when I thought I was done buying new parts, I'll be replacing those three items in the process as well since I have full access to them all. Tis' the quirks of owning a Mini for almost 12 years. :D

 

Kumho Ecsta PS31 on order. Got all 4 for $230 shipped... Hopefully they're not terrible.

 

 

looks great...are the headlight rings and hood scoop painted?

 

Hit this today!