R60 What did you do to your Countryman TODAY?
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Finally got a decent recording of my exhaust with the new Mk. 43-LT turbo. I have a full 3" DP/exhaust. The tailpipes are dual 2.5" pipes, which has a little bit more overall flow than the 3" pipe.
First video is just the exhaust revving at 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k and to redline. You can kind of hear the turbine spool through the exhaust, sounds pretty cool.
Second video is capturing both the exhaust and intake noise.
First video is just the exhaust revving at 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k and to redline. You can kind of hear the turbine spool through the exhaust, sounds pretty cool.
Second video is capturing both the exhaust and intake noise.
Last edited by AWD_Rally; 07-30-2019 at 09:11 AM.
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fo0jin (06-17-2019)
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So, yes this is my Paceman, but I figured it would likely apply to the Countryman more. Just made by a local fabber who does great work. It's a prototype, and he got it together so I could hit Minis On Top yesterday. He wants it back to clean up welds, and add a few things.
Kind of got mixed reviews, everything from WICKED to..uhmmm, why did you do that to a JCW R61???
It began life as a Cooper Crap hitch. I inverted it to tow my M416. Then decided to add a tire carrier, since we don't have spares.
Kind of got mixed reviews, everything from WICKED to..uhmmm, why did you do that to a JCW R61???
It began life as a Cooper Crap hitch. I inverted it to tow my M416. Then decided to add a tire carrier, since we don't have spares.
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My first attempt at blacking out some of the chrome. Both trims on the headlights are done, unfortunately I did a poor job removing the other piece of trim and broke all but two snaps. Guess I'm gluing that one back on.
...and then I hit the side of my house trying to get down the alley.
Think it's time I gave my brain a tune up :P
...and then I hit the side of my house trying to get down the alley.
Think it's time I gave my brain a tune up :P
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i once paid to have my wife's CM detailed, the guy did a good job but 3 months later ALL off the black plastic looked like this when whatever he put on it wore off, now i constantly have to put back to black on it to hide the buffer swirls.
***great looking CM by the way **
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Funny that you mention the plastics... I am in the injection molding industry and these black trim plastics (as well as other manufacturers) have always drove me nuts because they look like crap after a while. And what you're seeing here isn't from any mechanical buffing issue. It is the way the plastic flows into the molds which is exposed after the environment and UV gets to the plastic. Some black plastics just fade to grey and others show this flow pulsation (I call it) once the degradation starts in after a couple years.... After time and UV degradation one can see the flow marks. Black is the worse and shows the most. I don't know why they don't use better plastics with UV stabiizers and such. This is one reason paint is used on plastics (not these trims though).
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That looks sharp. Does it read oil pressure?! If it does it’ll save me a lot of trouble and money for a dedicated oil pressure gauge! Unfortunately my obdfusion doesn’t display it and was thinking of getting a dedicated gauge.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Mini Mania (07-26-2019)
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The one i drew up is specific for the gauge attachment. It still needed to be modified to sit nicely. I also used a arm from go badges kit to hold the mount.
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Ok, gotcha. I think it looks great! Nice work. I will eventually figure out a better gauge pod for it. I am not a huge fan of the other ones I have seen that mount to the tach, like the cravenspeed ones. Not that they aren’t nice..... just not my style.
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Sooooo, I spent an inordinate amount of time working on this hunk of garbage. The hex stripped right out after a gorilla apparently installed it last time.
So I tried...
- vise grips: no good, the soft aluminum just yields and the shape of the oil pan makes it impossible to get a solid grip
- hammer and punch: hence the slots cut. No dice, the aluminum was again too soft
Solution: take a 10mm hex, grind it down to 9ish mm, sharpen the corners with a file, hammer it into the plug to make indentations, use needle files and chisels to carve a crude hex to fit, then use a bottle jack on the ratchet head to apply copious upward pressure into the plug, and pray the loaded assembly didn't spontaneously collapse into my face.
Anyone make a forged steel plug?!
So I tried...
- vise grips: no good, the soft aluminum just yields and the shape of the oil pan makes it impossible to get a solid grip
- hammer and punch: hence the slots cut. No dice, the aluminum was again too soft
Solution: take a 10mm hex, grind it down to 9ish mm, sharpen the corners with a file, hammer it into the plug to make indentations, use needle files and chisels to carve a crude hex to fit, then use a bottle jack on the ratchet head to apply copious upward pressure into the plug, and pray the loaded assembly didn't spontaneously collapse into my face.
Anyone make a forged steel plug?!
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After a couple of evenings I was able to successfully install a new set of 4" speakers in my doors. (sorry no pics, forgot to take some). It was surprisingly easier to do than I expected, just labour intensive. The seller provided a full disassembly instruction PDF which was a huge help considering it was my first time taking on a job like this.
From the guide:
Ya hold my beer while I go get some super glue.
From the guide:
You'll need to fabricate a speaker mounting bracket or spacer.