OT: Mini cooper equivalent of 914world?, Too used to rare cars... Options

[emerygt350]

So I picked up an r50 mini for my 13 year old son for nothing and I need 914world quality information to get it all perfect. I am used to very small communities... There are so many mini groups... Anyone know of a group that's as useful as 914world? Tall order, I know.

[r_towle]

Service position 1 is really cool..
Basically you remove all the body work on the front of the car.
Oddly it’s not that hard todo.

Then pull up a chair and get to work.

I had one , it was not a great car, sold it, got screwed on that too.

[Superhawk996]

. . . it was not a great car . . .

Biggest problem :


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[wonkipop]

. . . it was not a great car . . .

Biggest problem :


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yeah. different kettle of fish.

but there is a way to drive them but i have never really had the guts to do it the way it should be done. i have been in a car a couple of decades back with a guy who did a lot of rally driving. in his front wheel drive. we were on tarmac, not dirt. windy hill roads.
there is a thing you do where you brake like shit, come off the brakes, settle, and then brake again into the apex. i;ve never been able to do it. its about loading the outside front tyre but in a different way to how you do it with a rear wheel drive car. its something about really loading that outside front tyre.

i do have a iittle RS renault clio and its fast in the twisty bits with delicious steering. its power steering but the last of the hydraulics. its also has a substantial sub frame with the engine package that the standard shopping cart versions didn't have and the front shocks have a thicker strut rod. part of the secret is controlling all the torque and keeping it stiff as.

it still has torque steer but its not unpleasant.

its fast enough driven the standard way but all the rally drivers drove the way i describe above to go even faster. i just don't have the guts to do it. need somewhere to train where i can spin off and hit nothing if you know what i mean. when you get them into that state they usually cock a rear back wheel.