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[jamesmpi]

Just finished catching up on your thread. Some top work there!

[mad mk1]

Thanks mate, I try not to post to much as it's just very samey lol

[mad mk1]

a little vid from last week end. 

 

http://vid795.photob...zpseumwksmy.mp4

[Steve220]

Damn good launch there! Looks like the focus bogged.

[mad mk1]

Most likely shocked by my wolf in sheeps clothing

[lawrie124]

Hi

 

got a car in the paint shop and desperately need an equivalent for BU15 smoke grey as painter does not recognise it.

 

Can you help please?

 

cheers

 

Mike

[mad mk1]

What a mitp weekend!!!

It all started with Friday ending up being a last min.Com affair as always, so all I did was drag the mk1 out, drain the tank of its old fuel and stuck some fresh back in. On loading the trailer, as it was raining I was rushing and the next thing I know I did this!

So at 20:00 at night I got finished bashing it back in to shape, sort of!

So bed at around 01:30 then back up at 06:00 to drive to Pod for the rwyb very good day with around 30 cars so lots of runs was had, I used this time to get used to driving the mk1, we started playing with the setup of it and doing back to back runs.

But on the last run of the day there was a load cracking sound at around 90mph but I just kept pushing only to find at the end corner, that the steering tube had broke away from the roll bar! Some texts later and a plan was cracked to fix it with the help of a good mate,  you can see the welds broke in the sleeved nut had broke.

 

Sunday,

my mate turned up and we fixed the car and it was track time!! mega day learnt a lot today about the mini! And Chris and Paul was helping me with feedback on each run, so I could try and get the most/best out of the mk1! I set a new PB today at 13.0 so I am very happy!! I also won the fastest A series powered mini at MITP.

So what's next I got some new rubbers so I think they will help with putting the power down better.

 

some pics a mate had taken of the mk1

 

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Edited by mad mk1, 19 August 2015 - 01:50 PM.

[Baldspeed Racing]

proper loved watching this rip up the track on Sunday, I think ive got some pics somewhere as well

[mad mk1]

feel free to post them and any vids :)

[coopdog]

whats up with the pic with the back end in the air? haha

 

and im impressed wth the bonnet, no cracked paint!!

[mad mk1]

that's how light it is lol

[crazirob]

Simon brilliant to finally put a name and car to a face ! See you at castle coombe?! Robbie with the smoke grey pickup

[mad mk1]

yes mate it was nice! no I will not be there mate as I am away with work and the car is getting pulled to bits for the winter mods.

[mini_matt_106]

This car is ridiculous! Are you really lifting the rear end up in that picture!? Crazy light! Can't believe how many holes you drilled!
Have you got any pictures from before you started the resto?

[psmini]

MITP was literally my first trip out in my SPI Mayfair after having it rebuilt and rebored to 1293.  Your car has literally made me want to turbo it!  Ridiculously quick and looks great too.