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Boo · Apr 7th, 2003, 11:01 PM

Love the aerial bend... Is that a huge grin on your face that i see on the second shot

JugMan · Apr 8th, 2003, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by swamos
What do the Queenslanders think of a track day??

For me, a track day would be the best thing in the world! Though, there'd probably be problems getting me onto the track, what with my age... and that my corolla might fall apart at the end of the day!!

I would like to be kept informed though!

coops41 · Apr 10th, 2003, 06:30 PM

Disdis,
Yes im doing a day with murchots, sounds like good value. On the wife front she likes big cars? but i still drive it on long trips and it goes like stink! cant see which way the mini went in the twisties though. Basically i reckon ive got the best of both worlds.

Boo · Apr 11th, 2003, 08:59 AM

sounds like it!!
I was out at Wakefield park on Wednesday doing G-force testing for the new suspension set up and there was an XR6 Turbo there also.. he was marginally quicker down the straight but was 4 secs slower around the track than the Cooper S using the same driver.. I did have my semi-slicks on though

Also, the Ford ran out of brakes after 3 laps where as the S was still going strong at 10..
Go get em on the track guys, i know you will have heaps of fun..

JugMan · Apr 11th, 2003, 01:48 PM

I walk out the back of work today, and there's these two brand new XR8 Turbo Utes parked there, getting the royal treatment from the VERY lucky Triple M guys, who get to drive them around and give people free stuff! Good god... he was telling me all about the turbo - standard at 8psi boost, but apparantly you can bung it up to 24 and still be under warranty! It's not a big turbo, but boy howdy does it blow!

Jug

robbo mcs · Apr 11th, 2003, 05:10 PM

Boo,

Nice to hear another story of the mini whipping a performance car! Seriously the XR6 is a very nice car, much more fun to drive than many cars. However, it has nothing on the mini.

How did the day at Wakefield go? I'm sure it would have been a very good experience to learn a lot about the cars handling. I'm sure the suspension guys would have had many pearls of wisdom to impart.

I'm itching to know, what was the fastest time anyone got the mini round the circuit, what time did you do?

I'm away from tonight for a week, but get back just in time for Oran park. See you there!

Robbo

Boo · Apr 12th, 2003, 01:10 PM

Cheers Robbo,
can't wait for Oran Park

The driver they used did a 1:16:8 around Wakefield. The G-Force indicator peaked at 1.28 g's which they said was incredible for a stock car... regularly sustaining mid 1.1 g's through the entire turn..

They also said the indicator showed a lot of lost traction and grip that can be regained from sway bars, more camber on the front and back and better performance shocks...
I think they are really excited about where they can take the car considering the fantastic starting place and well constructed chassis..

They are taking the car on the 1st and 2nd of July to take the suspension apart and take measurements so they can design the new set up.
From there about 2-4 weeks to build the custom set up and get the car back for retesting.
So far we are looking at bigger sway bars front and back, adjustable camber plates front and back and a set of these new adjustable coilovers they have specially designed for cars that are tracked regularly but also are used on the road...

An interesting point was shown in testing between the stock road tyres and the semi slick. BTW, anyone who wants to track their car i seriously suggest getting some semi slicks as with just two sessions on the track with the Pirelli runflats, i ran though 50% of the rubber on the front outside tyre..
Anyway, what we saw was that the road tyres suffered almost the opposite to the track tyres.. Where the car was easily better than the road tyres, the track tyres could take much more than the car was set up to give it..

What will probably happen is that we will probably have two distinct settings for track and regular road use and my guess is that they will be significantly different hence the need for adjustable everything

Hope this hasn't been too long winded

ppi · Apr 12th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by swamos

What do the Queenslanders think of a track day?? [/b]

I've never been on a track but can feel a growing urge to have a go. I had a recommendation to try one of the performance driving days these guys offer http://www.sdt.com.au/ out at Willowbank. Have any MINI drivers tried these guys?

Boo · Apr 13th, 2003, 03:38 PM

Looked at the site, very interesting

swamos · Apr 13th, 2003, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ppi
I've never been on a track but can feel a growing urge to have a go. I had a recommendation to try one of the performance driving days these guys offer http://www.sdt.com.au/ out at Willowbank. Have any MINI drivers tried these guys?

Welcome aboard, ppi. It's good to have another fellow Brisbane MINI owner on MINI2. You might be interested to know that there is a very active group of MINI owners up here in Queensland. We are currently in the process of forming a club. Watch this space for details in the future.

I haven't heard anything about these people, although it looks quite interesting. When we have the club going, we'll investigate these options then. I am having a run at Easter at Queensland raceway in my Elan. I'll let you know what I think of the track after that.

Boo · Apr 13th, 2003, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by swamos

I am having a run at Easter at Queensland raceway in my Elan. I'll let you know what I think of the track after that.

Would love some pics of the

swamos · Apr 22nd, 2003, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boo
Would love some pics of the

Better still, here is some video!!!

It's about 4mb.

Steve at Queensland Raceway

JugMan · Apr 22nd, 2003, 08:26 PM

YEAH BABY!

What was your top speed on that course? Just on stock tyres? I was a bit bummed that I couldn't find my way out there! Lovely ballsy sound of it flying by

Jug

Boo · Apr 22nd, 2003, 09:29 PM

That is a sweet tune swamos

Reminds me of the tunnel escapade when i visited Brissy

swamos · Apr 23rd, 2003, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boo
That is a sweet tune swamos
Reminds me of the tunnel escapade when i visited Brissy

After a little bit of tuning, it sounds even better now

Boo · Apr 23rd, 2003, 07:39 AM

What, even better than when i was in it??

swamos · Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boo
What, even better than when i was in it??

Yes it is actually

The front two cylinders were a little rich, and the plug in number 1 was intermittent. I have replaced it, and it is much happier. No more lumpy idle, and it crackles even more on overrun than it used to. You can hear it at the end of the straight when I went down two (it was the last lap).

I now have the roll cage downstairs, so that's the job for when I get back from Sydney

Boo · Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:31 AM

How could you not notice that lovely sound when you down shifted at the end of the straight

swamos · Apr 23rd, 2003, 11:05 AM

Can I just thank my MINI friends that helpsed me get my Lotus going?? Thanks Snoopy, Cjay, Jasemini, Ausmini, and Jugman. Here is some photographic evidence...

swamos · Apr 23rd, 2003, 11:07 AM

Photo's courtesy of Cjay. More detail here of a rear bump stop replacement. If all else fails, kick the B#*@ard

Apr 7th, 2003, 11:01 PM	#41
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	Love the aerial bend... Is that a huge grin on your face that i see on the second shot The original SWORKS

Apr 11th, 2003, 08:59 AM	#44 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	sounds like it!! I was out at Wakefield park on Wednesday doing G-force testing for the new suspension set up and there was an XR6 Turbo there also.. he was marginally quicker down the straight but was 4 secs slower around the track than the Cooper S using the same driver.. I did have my semi-slicks on though Also, the Ford ran out of brakes after 3 laps where as the S was still going strong at 10.. Go get em on the track guys, i know you will have heaps of fun.. The original SWORKS

Apr 12th, 2003, 01:10 PM	#47 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	Cheers Robbo, can't wait for Oran Park The driver they used did a 1:16:8 around Wakefield. The G-Force indicator peaked at 1.28 g's which they said was incredible for a stock car... regularly sustaining mid 1.1 g's through the entire turn.. They also said the indicator showed a lot of lost traction and grip that can be regained from sway bars, more camber on the front and back and better performance shocks... I think they are really excited about where they can take the car considering the fantastic starting place and well constructed chassis.. They are taking the car on the 1st and 2nd of July to take the suspension apart and take measurements so they can design the new set up. From there about 2-4 weeks to build the custom set up and get the car back for retesting. So far we are looking at bigger sway bars front and back, adjustable camber plates front and back and a set of these new adjustable coilovers they have specially designed for cars that are tracked regularly but also are used on the road... An interesting point was shown in testing between the stock road tyres and the semi slick. BTW, anyone who wants to track their car i seriously suggest getting some semi slicks as with just two sessions on the track with the Pirelli runflats, i ran though 50% of the rubber on the front outside tyre.. Anyway, what we saw was that the road tyres suffered almost the opposite to the track tyres.. Where the car was easily better than the road tyres, the track tyres could take much more than the car was set up to give it.. What will probably happen is that we will probably have two distinct settings for track and regular road use and my guess is that they will be significantly different hence the need for adjustable everything Hope this hasn't been too long winded The original SWORKS

Apr 12th, 2003, 04:09 PM	#48 (permalink)
ppi ?\|\|? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brisbane Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 17 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by swamos What do the Queenslanders think of a track day?? [/b] I've never been on a track but can feel a growing urge to have a go. I had a recommendation to try one of the performance driving days these guys offer http://www.sdt.com.au/ out at Willowbank. Have any MINI drivers tried these guys? 1 x MCS EB+Black

Apr 13th, 2003, 03:38 PM	#49 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	Looked at the site, very interesting The original SWORKS

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Apr 8th, 2003, 10:27 PM	#42 (permalink)
JugMan MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - North Side Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 503 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by swamos What do the Queenslanders think of a track day?? For me, a track day would be the best thing in the world! Though, there'd probably be problems getting me onto the track, what with my age... and that my corolla might fall apart at the end of the day!! I would like to be kept informed though!

Apr 10th, 2003, 06:30 PM	#43 (permalink)
coops41 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: melbourne Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 112 Offline	Disdis, Yes im doing a day with murchots, sounds like good value. On the wife front she likes big cars? but i still drive it on long trips and it goes like stink! cant see which way the mini went in the twisties though. Basically i reckon ive got the best of both worlds.

Apr 11th, 2003, 01:48 PM	#45 (permalink)
JugMan MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - North Side Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 503 Offline	I walk out the back of work today, and there's these two brand new XR8 Turbo Utes parked there, getting the royal treatment from the VERY lucky Triple M guys, who get to drive them around and give people free stuff! Good god... he was telling me all about the turbo - standard at 8psi boost, but apparantly you can bung it up to 24 and still be under warranty! It's not a big turbo, but boy howdy does it blow! Jug

Apr 11th, 2003, 05:10 PM	#46 (permalink)
robbo mcs Track Addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:13 AM Posts: 2,620 Offline	Boo, Nice to hear another story of the mini whipping a performance car! Seriously the XR6 is a very nice car, much more fun to drive than many cars. However, it has nothing on the mini. How did the day at Wakefield go? I'm sure it would have been a very good experience to learn a lot about the cars handling. I'm sure the suspension guys would have had many pearls of wisdom to impart. I'm itching to know, what was the fastest time anyone got the mini round the circuit, what time did you do? I'm away from tonight for a week, but get back just in time for Oran park. See you there! Robbo

Apr 13th, 2003, 06:11 PM	#50 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by ppi I've never been on a track but can feel a growing urge to have a go. I had a recommendation to try one of the performance driving days these guys offer http://www.sdt.com.au/ out at Willowbank. Have any MINI drivers tried these guys? Welcome aboard, ppi. It's good to have another fellow Brisbane MINI owner on MINI2. You might be interested to know that there is a very active group of MINI owners up here in Queensland. We are currently in the process of forming a club. Watch this space for details in the future. I haven't heard anything about these people, although it looks quite interesting. When we have the club going, we'll investigate these options then. I am having a run at Easter at Queensland raceway in my Elan. I'll let you know what I think of the track after that.

Apr 13th, 2003, 07:35 PM	#51 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by swamos I am having a run at Easter at Queensland raceway in my Elan. I'll let you know what I think of the track after that. Would love some pics of the The original SWORKS

Apr 22nd, 2003, 07:17 PM	#52 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Boo Would love some pics of the Better still, here is some video!!! It's about 4mb. Steve at Queensland Raceway

Apr 22nd, 2003, 08:26 PM	#53 (permalink)
JugMan MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane - North Side Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 503 Offline	YEAH BABY! What was your top speed on that course? Just on stock tyres? I was a bit bummed that I couldn't find my way out there! Lovely ballsy sound of it flying by Jug

Apr 22nd, 2003, 09:29 PM	#54 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	That is a sweet tune swamos Reminds me of the tunnel escapade when i visited Brissy The original SWORKS

Apr 23rd, 2003, 04:47 AM	#55 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Boo That is a sweet tune swamos Reminds me of the tunnel escapade when i visited Brissy After a little bit of tuning, it sounds even better now

Apr 23rd, 2003, 07:39 AM	#56 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	What, even better than when i was in it?? The original SWORKS

Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:01 AM	#57 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Boo What, even better than when i was in it?? Yes it is actually The front two cylinders were a little rich, and the plug in number 1 was intermittent. I have replaced it, and it is much happier. No more lumpy idle, and it crackles even more on overrun than it used to. You can hear it at the end of the straight when I went down two (it was the last lap). I now have the roll cage downstairs, so that's the job for when I get back from Sydney

Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:31 AM	#58 (permalink)
Boo Sponsor and Widget Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Nth Beaches, Sydney Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 1,735 Offline	How could you not notice that lovely sound when you down shifted at the end of the straight The original SWORKS

Apr 23rd, 2003, 11:05 AM	#59 (permalink)
swamos MINI Traitor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Local Time: 06:13 AM Posts: 4,985 Offline	Can I just thank my MINI friends that helpsed me get my Lotus going?? Thanks Snoopy, Cjay, Jasemini, Ausmini, and Jugman. Here is some photographic evidence... Attached Thumbnails

Apr 23rd, 2003, 11:07 AM	#60 (permalink)
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