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Welcome!! First question what do you want to do with the car, straight line speed, better handling on back roads. Is it your daily driver? Do you intend on tracking or autocrossing it? Having messed with MINI for a little bit, in my opinion, power is the last area to mod. Happy to offer tips once we have a better understand of your use goals. When it comes to chip/remapping if you have not added any of the accessories to support the increased air flow and offset temp demands it is not the best investment. These turbo engines are basically vacuums and the more air you can move the more power you can make, that being said for longevity purposes I would personally not push over 250hp without changing some internals unless you want those internals to become externals sooner rather than later.

I will take a peak at my calendar and see if I can put something together

Thats awesome, Darryl runs a great shop. I had him correct and ceramic coat our new to us GP3 last year

nice, always a good add, catches the blow by and limits the coking issues the valves have resulting in a waltnut blasting.

Sorry you had a poor experience, when was this. Our recent reengagement with PMoA was due to a complete change of management from the general manager down. I agree the are always better prices on tires through big box stores or wholesalers. I purchase tires through costco as it comes with free mounting and balancing. Going third party in tires allows you the switch from run flats which is a major cost savings, and better performance. Is that tire price difference like for like (i.e. both were high performance all-season tires), I still pay around $1000 a set for tires that are the quality I would run on my MINIs.

Here are the full result to include your times for all your runs How to read times. You will see the time for each of your runs, with the fastest time displayed under the “total” Column. If you run time is followed by +dnf, you were off course and the time is disallowed. If you time is followed by a plus sign and a number (i.e. +1 or +2) that is the number of cones you hit and each cone adds 2 seconds to your time (example: 52.345+2 seems your time for that run is 56.345) 2025 DCMM School Final Results.htm

Ditto, on Eli's responses.

I will check with our webmaster about videos

HPFP is a common fail item on Gen2, very good chance that is the issue.

added a little aero to the coupe today, with the addition of the full rear diffuser set up tying into the under panels. Adding trackcross to the schedule this year made the coupe definitely show it would benefit from some rear down force.

Good news that is cylinder 1 and 4, so not adjacent cylinder that could be a cracked cylinder wall or head gasket. Could be a few things with that: could be it you just replaced the o2 sensor it could have been ready incorrect for a while and created a rich condition resulting in fowled plugs. A common issue on gen2's is coking on the backside of the valves, of time this buildup will effect the seating of the valves resulting in misfires. Luckily that is easily corrected with a walnut blasting of the valves. usually around $350 or so. Keep us in the loop on what they say

Fontana says they don't, but they are not actively looking and several people do. There are rooms available in the lodge if you call Fontana village and say you are with MOTD. Fontana also has a camp ground at the base of the Damn, just outside the village. You can also post on the MOTD facebook page that you are looking for a room/couch there a typically people with multi-bedroom cabins looking to rent rooms. Here is a link to all the lodging options in the area. https://www.minisonthedragon.com/lodging.php

Unfortunately that is the default light that displays for anything feeding the ECU values outside the acceptable range. You really need to pull the codes to get a better understanding of the issue. When abouts are you located?

Which system did you use, I have been looking to do this with my coupe? Thanks

@STXMINI put me down for the June HSB and I will bring back the Tri-State run in October

No not this one, but he will be taking photos ate the autocross school

is the piston retracted flush with the caliper, like the picture below or still sticking out of the capiler

At the track cross event a Summit Point the end of January, Roxy was doing her best impersonation of a snowmobile. There is some asphalt between the snow I promise. I was a fun day!!

I can be bribed to let you in early, lol.

Welcome the grey is a great color!! Look forward to seeing it on a run soon.

Hey all, Registration is off to a fast start with nearly half the spots already claimed. I will be pushing out an email with additional information on how to prepare and have the most fun the day of the event. If you have any question, please post them here as I am sure you are not the only one with that question.

One bit of info for the group, Passport whether Alexandria or MoCo (and many other dealers) buy their tires through Tirerack. It is a dealer account, but still they are sourcing through Tirerack. So when they quote you tire prices, look that tire up on Tirerack and if it is cheaper tell them you can order them yourself with free shipping for "THIS" price. 9 times out of 10 they will match the price on the website, because they are not paying that price with their dealer account.

We are currently finalizing the new agreement with Passport MINI of Alexandria and hope to be able to share with the club by the end of the month. I am pretty excited about what we have roughed out.

That is going to be a fun trip, As for the HSB. They are great first runs to lead, and I am happy to help you plan it. I will shoot you a private message to discuss further

Lorri, Brandy will due the Ice cream run in August (exact date to TBD), but will be the end of the month. I will look at my calendar and schedule a summer HSB also