Another MCS. The track day toy.

[Sir_Dave]

Please excuse the "singing", i was a tad pleased with myself 😂

Got the engine up to temperature & bled the coolant.
Now just need to fix a few little lighting niggles, get it MOT'd/taxed and do another oil change :up:

 

[Chrisgti6]

Awesome - glad it's up and running again!

I've got mine in for it's MOT tomorrow. Still have a ball joint to replace and a headlight washer to fix before 9am tomorrow. Busy night tonight then!

 

[Sir_Dave]

MOT done. Car is back on the road

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Then on the way home from work the other day, the wheel arch fell off.

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F*cking Minis 😂

 

[Chrisgti6]

Nice one!

@Sir_Dave

Any ideas on this? I changed the rack on mine last Thursday - all went fine and the rack fixed my steering noise, however my steering pump is a lot noisier now. It was virtually inaudible before, but since the new rack I've developed the typical whine you hear from a lot of them.

The rack is second hand, could it be a bit 'tighter' than the old one, putting more strain on the pump?

 

[Sir_Dave]

@Chrisgti6 I'd say thats the likely cause tbh, the PS pumps are fairly weak at the best of the times, so perhaps the additional stiffness (oo er) of the new one is making it work a little harder!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Well, due to a complete & utter lack of use, if anyone is interested in a mega spec FWD trackcar:

https://www.cliosport.net/threads/high-spec-mini-r53-trackcar-£4-995-ono.813993/#post-11521508

I'm not going to be heavily advertising it (i cant be ar5sed with stupid offers/timewasters), but if anyone of the forums is interested in it, im more than happy to detail pretty much anything & everything about the car :up:

 

[Sir_Dave]

So, possibly the end of an era, i've taken a holding deposit on the Mini
A chap saw it on M3cutters (as per the R56 fJCW), was looking to build an R53 trackcar and is coming to view it next week.
Its not something i ever thought id do, but without off-road storage, i simply cant justify the expense of 3 cars anymore.

 

[TimR26]

Shame, thought it was part of the family lol

 

[Cookie]

So, possibly the end of an era, i've taken a holding deposit on the Mini
A chap saw it on M3cutters (as per the R56 fJCW), was looking to build an R53 trackcar and is coming to view it next week.
Its not something i ever thought id do, but without off-road storage, i simply cant justify the expense of 3 cars anymore.

Sounds like you need to ditch the Porsche and buy a house so you can save the MINI

 

[Sir_Dave]

Shame, thought it was part of the family lol

It is, but i cant justify it with all the other things that i need money for at the moment ... weddings in the Maldives aren't cheap 😂

Sounds like you need to ditch the Porsche and buy a house so you can save the MINI

Nah, f*ck that, Porsche is mega.
Mini is being collected on Sunday :up:

 

[mr bognor]

I would have been Interested but already have my Fiesta St and the MR2 as a track car and the Wife would go mad if I come home with another toy

 

[Sir_Dave]

Aaaaaand its gone.

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Sarah & i were a little sad to be honest, had some great times in it in the past 3.5 years and it had been in the family for over 10!
Luckily the new owner is a proper petrol head & will carry on to use it for what it was built for, track days!!
Bye bye Mini

 

[Budgie]

Looks so odd on that plate, Dev.