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Old 06-29-2010 | 04:27 PM
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GP 1556 Maddy

She's Maddy





Suspensions Bilstein B8 + Springs Eibach + Reinforces chassis by Mini Convertible:




Air shunter for Intercooler home made:






Reinforce engine support VIP:


Cooling brakes + Slotted Rotors Tarox G88 + Brake Pads EBC Yellowstuff + Braided Steel Brake Lines Goodridge:




















These jobs have been made from me.

I mounted other pieces, but I haven't photos:

Manifold Minisports 4-1 without kat & center pipe without muffler.









With OZ Alleggerita wheels.





 

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Old 06-29-2010 | 04:50 PM
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Trackday British Style at Monza Circuit:

-R53 GP VS R56 StepI (220 hp) -->

-R53 GP VS R56 StepI 2 (220 hp) -->

-R53 GP VS R56 StepII (211 hp) (Onboard GP) -->

-R53 GP VS R56 StepII (211 hp) (Onboard StepII) -->

-R53 GP VS Golf MK2 (Supercharged <900 kg 240 hp!) Part 1 -->

-R53 GP VS Golf MK2 (Supercharged <900 kg 240 hp!) Part 2 -->

Pump up the volume at 0.49 -->


Look at 4.10 -->











 

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Old 06-29-2010 | 05:29 PM
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Awesome performance mods, looks very good. How are the brakes working now with new rotors, pads and cooling ducts opened?
 
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Old 06-29-2010 | 06:07 PM
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Very thanks.

The brakes now work very well, the brake pedal does not stretch and do not overheat also in extreme use at the track.
Oh I forgot, I replaced the original brakes oil with Shell donax ub.
 
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Old 06-30-2010 | 10:15 AM
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How'd you get past the airbag light with the sweet sparcos?
 
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Old 06-30-2010 | 10:57 AM
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I like your Mods. I am jealous of the seats. Looks like you drive the GP like it should be driven.
 
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Old 06-30-2010 | 12:33 PM
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Lovely car! love the OZ wheels - and nice red background car!

How do you like the Sparco seats?
 
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Old 06-30-2010 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by PorscheMini
How'd you get past the airbag light with the sweet sparcos?
I used 0,5w and 2.2 ohm resistors as the pictures:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4174/1021360gu8.jpg

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/835/1021361jw6.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5434/1021362bz2.jpg

Originally Posted by quikmni
I like your Mods. I am jealous of the seats. Looks like you drive the GP like it should be driven.
Oh yes, with these seats I removed about 30 kg compared to the originals, and the low seat makes feel better movement of the chassis.

Originally Posted by jmusic
Lovely car! love the OZ wheels - and nice red background car!

How do you like the Sparco seats?
Thank you!

Which red background car, Mini or Ferrari?

I like much the Sparco seats, I love them! (Hope i have understand the question, my english is bad. )
 

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Old 06-30-2010 | 08:29 PM
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Thanks! You're the man!
 
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Old 07-01-2010 | 05:55 PM
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Suweet and thanks for posting a photo of the OZ alleggeritas on a GP. I've been scouring the web for months to see what those look like on a GP. Yours is the only decent foto. Are they the Anthracite color?...please LMK... If so they look better than I thought...good contrast to our GP color scheme. Oh and everything else you've done is rockin' !!!
 
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Old 07-01-2010 | 06:15 PM
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Suweet and thanks for posting a photo of the OZ alleggeritas on a GP. I've been scouring the web for months to see what those look like on a GP. Yours is the only decent foto. Are they the Anthracite color?...please LMK... If so they look better than I thought...good contrast to our GP color scheme. Oh and everything else you've done is rockin' !!!
Thanks!

Yes, the color is anthracite. I wanted them to blacks, but after being installed to test, I fell in love to this colors combination.
 
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Old 07-01-2010 | 07:41 PM
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Very nice driving @ monza. Molto Bene! If you were running the OZ Alleg 17" wheels, what tires were you using? I can't imagine that they were the stock 18" dunlop RF rubber. and OEM wheels..I can hear the tires in many of the turns and they sound much higher performance than the RF's can do.
 
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Old 07-02-2010 | 02:01 PM
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Thanks.

Was the first time I running into that circuit, and I did not know the ideals trajectories, I could drive better.

To running I used the original wheels with Yokohama S Drive tires.

The tires were good because it was cold (2°)
 
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Old 07-02-2010 | 02:32 PM
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I saw that American's GP's have this piece to the back bar, what is it? The European's Gp's don't have this. Thanks

 
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Old 07-03-2010 | 12:35 AM
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As I understand it that is a hook up point for a baby seat that one might put in the passenger seat. I know it seems crazy but it may be due to some obscure US safety standards. Don't have one to test, some other GP owner may have... but it IS a strange item!
 
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Old 07-03-2010 | 05:44 AM
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Great to see you using your GP properly. Great modification on the brake cooling ducts.

From what I understand though, the effectiveness of those ducts is improved when the duct is directly blowing on the backside of the rotor. This location would be on the opposite side of the hub as the caliper, so it blows on the rotor, not the caliper. Don't ask me for data as I do not have any to support.

Again, great GP, awesome seats!
 
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Old 07-03-2010 | 12:15 PM
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Dangg! very nice lookin' GP

Love the Seats
 
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Old 07-04-2010 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mrwilson
As I understand it that is a hook up point for a baby seat that one might put in the passenger seat. I know it seems crazy but it may be due to some obscure US safety standards. Don't have one to test, some other GP owner may have... but it IS a strange item!
Ok thanks. I thought it was a support for cameracar or a clothes hanger.

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Great to see you using your GP properly. Great modification on the brake cooling ducts.

From what I understand though, the effectiveness of those ducts is improved when the duct is directly blowing on the backside of the rotor. This location would be on the opposite side of the hub as the caliper, so it blows on the rotor, not the caliper. Don't ask me for data as I do not have any to support.

Again, great GP, awesome seats!
Is right, but to cool good the brakes, needs both ducts.

That highlighted in blue is for cooling the caliper, and green is for cooling the rotor:



The cold air enters in wheel hub from the second duct and leaves the rotor:



For have a cooling system like this, need a wheel hub and rotor worked inside. The construction of this cooling system is more complicated and most expensive compared to the system cooling caliper and IMHO unnecessary for road use and some trackday, is really useful only in race.

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Dangg! very nice lookin' GP

Love the Seats
Thanks all for compliments for mods.
 
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Old 07-04-2010 | 08:07 PM
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Wow, double ducts, that looks awesome. I bet it really helps. So, are they both fed from the same inlet you modified in the bumper? do you have some kind of Y to feed them both?

Also, it looks like you have upgraded the front calipers, that will also make a difference.

Congrats on the great brake setup!
 
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Old 07-06-2010 | 03:49 AM
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I love the KW "MINI Challenge" Spec coil-overs!!!!!
 
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Old 07-08-2010 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Vcc-Antonio (ITA)
Ok thanks. I thought it was a support for cameracar or a clothes hanger.



Is right, but to cool good the brakes, needs both ducts.

That highlighted in blue is for cooling the caliper, and green is for cooling the rotor:



The cold air enters in wheel hub from the second duct and leaves the rotor:



For have a cooling system like this, need a wheel hub and rotor worked inside. The construction of this cooling system is more complicated and most expensive compared to the system cooling caliper and IMHO unnecessary for road use and some trackday, is really useful only in race.
Thanks all for compliments for mods.
Where did you get brake cooling kit and how much for KW "Spec MINI Challenge"
 
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Old 07-11-2010 | 05:09 PM
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The photos you quoted of brake cooling kit and KW I found on Internet.
 
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Old 07-15-2010 | 12:54 PM
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Love the mountain pics. Also like seeing the Ferraris in the background with your MINI on the lift.

I like your intercooler shroud mod. Is it made of aluminum? What did you paint it with? Thanks.
 
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Old 07-15-2010 | 05:13 PM
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Thanks.

Yes, is it aluminum and I colored with spray.
 
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Old 10-21-2010 | 02:11 PM
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Here's some news!

New seats more racing of Sparco:



Look the difference:

 


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