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Lt. Dan

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  5. How many miles do you guys have and what year is your mini?

    in Visiting & Questions

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    Just to keep it on the road or have you 'massaged' more performance out of the r53?

     

    For the OP, purchased my r53 at 88K last year...sitting around 104k (hit 100K on the Dragon):top:. No "issues" at all but I have replaced some minor worn parts, which I was expecting/wanting to do anyways. Helps me get a fresh baseline on where there were some unknowns.

     

    Well, in the past two years I've replaced:

     

    Alternator

    A/C Compressor

    power Steering Pump

    Power steering fan

    power steering lines

    clutch and flywheel

    both Xenon bulbs

    all four swaybar links

    two engine mounts

    timing chain tensioner

    drive belt tensioner

    valve cover gasket

    pcv valve

    bypass valve

    exhaust (rusted out and fell off)

    Passenger side airbag repair

     

    that's all the "non performance" stuff I can think of right now- but you get the idea.

  8. Event Recap 10/30

    in Competitive Driving

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    So Sunday was the last WDCR autocross of the season. Since I last ran the car, I had installed a Cooper Challenge coilover setup, and gotten a fairly agressive alignment. This really woke the car up, but I knew I was till facing an uphill battle since I still have an open diff, and my tires were starting to fall off in performance (they were new in april of 15).

     

    In the morning, I was initially disappointed in the number of entries showing up, but my concerns were unfounded as we ended up with 15 drivers for the class! The course was very interesting- It started out heavy on the transitions, with one crossover, but the second half was wide open, and rewarded drivers that weren't afraid to keep their foot in the gas! so the first half catered to the Mini, and the second half catered to me! :motor:

     

    Every run I got more comfortable with the car. The spring rates are very high, and while I will be changing them out for a longer, softer rate, I was impressed with the car's performance, and dropped time on each run! In the end, I finished up 6th, out of 15 drivers, but only 4/10ths out of the trophies!

     

    Hopefully the addition of an LSD this winter, and a step up in tire size will improve things next season, but I really think me and my Mini can compete in this class, at least on a local level!

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