http://brownmini.themotorcade.com The adventures of a brown MINI Cooper on the track Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:54:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another NHIS day is in the books, but this one had a fair number of firsts. There were a dozen MINIs at this event, and about half of them were track newbies. The BMWCCA's effort to bring in new people to HPDE events seems to be working. This was ... http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/08/27/summer-heat-nhis-august-23/ http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/08/07/slmp-ii-2007-video/ I'm back from another weekend of time trials at the go-kart track. I didn't do as well as I was hoping, but only a couple of people managed to get close to their personal bests or improve upon them, and I think only one person got a new personal best without ... http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/07/29/slmp-ii-2007/ Crap. After seeing how cheap e30 BMW cars (not including the e30 m3 which is a whole different ball game) are going for, and how cheap parts for e30 cars are... I almost wish I hadn't started making the Cooper into a track-ish car. The brown MINI is almost paid off... ... http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/07/23/car-ponderings/ http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/07/18/were-on-a-road-to-nowhere/ The good news: The bad news (the metal bits belong inside the tire): My next set of Toyo RA-1 tires for these wheels are on the way. http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/07/08/new-shoes/ http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/06/28/slmp-i-2007/ Multi-purpose MINI http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/06/09/transportation/ The spin-happy attitude of my car seems to be due to worn (out) front lower control arm bushings.  I've had two different shops diagnose them as a problem, so now they're getting fixed. New polyurethane bushings are on the way, and will hopefully be installed before SLMP. http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/06/04/broken/ The long video: http://brownmini.themotorcade.com/2007/05/30/nhis-may-24/