Legro's car thread - Racing Mini and another thing with the letters IIMN on the bonnet
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Coming along nicely!
CAMAROBOY69
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Yes if a roll bar up front cant be added then this is similar to what I was talking about. Just some sort of upper bracing to keep the car from folding in like a tin can again.View attachment 228396
That's what I was meaning by additional bracing to stiffen up the front end after removing some of the inner wing. If the rules don't allow it that's a shame.
Great progress with the rebuildlook forward to more racing pics.
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Track day at Alastaro Circuit (more info at this thread https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/alastaro-circuit.316809/)
Driving was fun as always, but sadly the car overheated and I managed to do only seven laps before I had to bring it to pit.
Driving was fun as always, but sadly the car overheated and I managed to do only seven laps before I had to bring it to pit.
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Sadly I can't post any link as I don't really know where you can buy them, but I can ask it from a guy that has bought ice/snow rally tyres to his Mini.As a native of Finland and mini owner you might be able to help me
Have you used them before on your mini or do you know where you'd buy then?
Ibonibo
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Legro cool car. very cool project / race built 👍
@coop500
On the spikes, getting tyres ready with spikes is rare.
But normally you can do it yourself
http://www.bearing-needle.com/27DE-...ots-Motorrader-Schmutz-Fahrrad-buggy-Jeep.htm
Use google translate if needed
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@coop500
On the spikes, getting tyres ready with spikes is rare.
But normally you can do it yourself
http://www.bearing-needle.com/27DE-...ots-Motorrader-Schmutz-Fahrrad-buggy-Jeep.htm
Use google translate if needed
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- Automotive_Buff
Loved it!!!
Looks really fun!
Looks really fun!
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Wow, the cut that green car made across the track was crazy. Good looking out!
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It is. Just 2 and a half months, and the season starts again.
To be honest, I thought I was going to hit it.
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- Barefoot_Driver
Fantastic! Looks like so much fun.
What was up with the miss shift about half way through? Sounded like it didn't want to go into 4th.
The video looked so much like Gran Turismo I kept looking in the upper left corner of the map showing the position of the goblin.
What was up with the miss shift about half way through? Sounded like it didn't want to go into 4th.
The video looked so much like Gran Turismo I kept looking in the upper left corner of the map showing the position of the goblin.
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I'm glad I don't have to shift much for Rallycross. One car length after the start line I shift into second and stay there till the end.
But then again shifting is such a large part of racing I kinda miss it.
The mini racing you do looks like the most fun you can have on tarmac. I'm jealous.
CAMAROBOY69
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That video brought a huge smile to my face. 
Love the car and the video!
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Usually when making an update, I would post some pictures or even an onboard video, but this time I won't. Despite actually being at the track ready for a race just two days ago, I haven't got any pictures of the Mini. I can't say I'm pleased by the reason though.
The preparing for the weekend started on Wednesday, when we ran the engine, after we fixed a slight water leak, which appeared to be just a minor issue, at that time, especially as the engine ran well and didn't leak anything after it. It looked fine, until we started to load the car to the trailer on Thursday, and the engine first refused to start and then started only on two cylinders. Despite this we loaded the car to the trailer and headed to Botniaring, as replacing the head gasket doesn't take that long with the A-Series engine, and there was a chance it was simply an electrical problem, because there wasn't that much time to make sure, as the track is still 400 km away, and it was better to get there before the place we were supposed to sleep in near the track closed its reception.
On Friday, the head was first taken off and then put back, with the gasket being replaced. This didn't work, so we took the head off again and replaced it with another one. Now the head was good, but when I drove around the track, the engine started to smoke, first only slightly, but after I got past the pit entrance, the smoke begun to fill the cabin and made me stop on a tarmac runoff area.
After the car was towed back to the pits, turned out that the piston number 4 had busted. And trying to fix that is simply too big of a job to do at the track, so we packed our tools and the car and headed back home.
The preparing for the weekend started on Wednesday, when we ran the engine, after we fixed a slight water leak, which appeared to be just a minor issue, at that time, especially as the engine ran well and didn't leak anything after it. It looked fine, until we started to load the car to the trailer on Thursday, and the engine first refused to start and then started only on two cylinders. Despite this we loaded the car to the trailer and headed to Botniaring, as replacing the head gasket doesn't take that long with the A-Series engine, and there was a chance it was simply an electrical problem, because there wasn't that much time to make sure, as the track is still 400 km away, and it was better to get there before the place we were supposed to sleep in near the track closed its reception.
On Friday, the head was first taken off and then put back, with the gasket being replaced. This didn't work, so we took the head off again and replaced it with another one. Now the head was good, but when I drove around the track, the engine started to smoke, first only slightly, but after I got past the pit entrance, the smoke begun to fill the cabin and made me stop on a tarmac runoff area.
After the car was towed back to the pits, turned out that the piston number 4 had busted. And trying to fix that is simply too big of a job to do at the track, so we packed our tools and the car and headed back home.
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A short update regarding the engine rebuild.
It has been taken out of the car and to another garage closer to the house and the pistons and other parts have been taken out of the block.
The block has also been in citric acid containing water to remove the aluminium left to the combustion chamber by the busted piston.
New pistons have arrived and are ready to be put in.
View attachment 427868
And here's a picture of the reason for it.
It has been taken out of the car and to another garage closer to the house and the pistons and other parts have been taken out of the block.
The block has also been in citric acid containing water to remove the aluminium left to the combustion chamber by the busted piston.
New pistons have arrived and are ready to be put in.
View attachment 427868
And here's a picture of the reason for it.
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