Sometimes life gets in the way of building cars so the MINI project has been sidelined for bit. Things are settling back down now though so progress should start again soon. Just after my last blog post I was offered a position at DirtFish Rally School and accepted it; needless to say I was a bit busy working to transition out of my old position to something totally new!
The official Evo part-out started in the last couple of weeks as there was no interest in the car in STU trim. This is keeping Chris busy as well as his "new" car, a BMW E36 M3, which he will be building into a track car. This will help him keep his hands off the MINI.
The only update to the MINI has been a K&N Cold Air intake. We haven't had a chance to dyno test it yet, but my ear dyno says it's fast. We will have to wait and see how it compares with the pieced together cold air intake from September.
Next up: Raising the ride height and finding some snow tires.
Racing update: Yesterday, Chris and I headed out to Bremerton Motorsports Park for the last Porsche event of the season and had our own challenge in the MINI vs. the M3. The M3 took the straight time win by 0.7 seconds. The MINI felt great and I was pretty happy with it's performance. Really looking forward to getting some power pieces on there.
