Kansas City MINI Enthusiasts

Anybody who plans on coming over - I've pushed our start time to 10:30 AM.

Let me know who besides Geoff is coming.

Todd

What do you say we get together over at my place at 10 AM this Saturday the 23rd. We can work 'til 1-ish and then take a drive somewhere for lunch. BTW - I've got the garage and jacks covered hopefully someone coming knows how to work on brakes for Geoff's sake. :wink: PM me if you don't know where ...

... I like lots of feedback from the car whether its in the form of engine vibration, or steering vibrations. These tell me alot about what is going on with the car. Plus for me there is alot of satisfaction in modifying something to perform better than new, and retain reliability and economy... No...

Short reply - I disagree. :) At least you're honest. :D I know the JCW is not for everyone. MINI will most likely only sell about 400-500 JCWs in a year - maybe more, according to my sources. I won't go so far as to say the JCW brand is "designer" because there's performance to back up th...

Ok, hold the phones. I now have to be out of town until late afternoon on the 16th. Sorry folks.

Does the 23rd still work for anyone? If not, I'm punting and offering up other suggestions/locations.

Todd

The dealer has had both a JCW and a JCW Clubman available for test drives for almost a month now. The JCW Clubman sold pretty quickly and another demo is on its way. I'm chiming in with my 2 cents on the whole JCW is overpriced debate. Back in late 2003 I used to say the exact same things about the,...

Hey everyone - I must have been in a really pissy mood last week. I'll say I wasn't so much "personally offended" but felt a little like all the work over the past five years had fallen on deaf ears or something. I know that's not true and I say if some folks want to plan a big event then ...

So since the idea was pretty much to get Geoff's brakes changed and he can't make it on the 9th how about one of the next two Saturdays - 8/16 or 8/23.

Chime in you all's preference.

Hey all - I've been holding back, mainly because I've been on the road for what seems to be about 20 of the last 30 days so my apologies for not checking in more and for not responding to the last months of PMs here at the board. Busy doesn't even come close to describing what I've been lately. That...

2007 and newer MINIs don't have to worry about mushrooming strut towers because they re-designed them. At least that's what I've been told but my sources.

We can have another Garage day at my place but I'll be gone at MTTS the two weekends after this weekend. So is anyone interested in getting together at casa de Pearson on Aug. 9th? Let me know and we can start setting it up. Geoff, you may need brakes sooner so that's cool too but I know of a few ot...

Just to throw further confusion into the spark plug debate - to be safe, you can go with the same plugs that are recommended for the JCW MINIS which are the NGK BKR7EQUP (as noted above). I've still got the boxes from mine that were replaced in the GP at the first oil service. Crazy to replace plugs...

What David said - replace my "6" with a 7 and you've got the colder plugs.

I've been on the road too much lately, I can't keep straight what city I'm in let alone MINI part numbers.

It''s been two years but I got them at the auto parts store at the corner of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Nieman (don't remember whether it's Parts America or the chain store). They weren't listed online but they had them in stock. ZFR6FIX-11 is the part number. IK22s are easier to find locally. BTW ...

Yes, the part number you listed is the NGK from the JCW kit. I've got the IXs on my 2003 because I found them locally at one of the local Auto parts chains. One stage colder is the important part especially after a pulley redux. I've also got the Kingsbourne fire braided plug wires. FWIW, one of the...

I just got back from my first Drive-In movie experience last week in Warwick, NY where more than 200 MINIs filled the place. It was awesome! We saw the new Indiana Jones flick and got free popcorn and soda sponsored by Prestige MINI in NJ. This was one of our stops on the MTTS drive from Miami to Bo...

Plugs - Denso IK22 Iridiums or NGK IX Iridiums. Lots of places to get either.

The NGK plugs are what's in the JCW kits FYI.

Counterfit_Mini wrote:Todd we should have another mod party at your house. I'd bring BB this time.

Starting next Friday I'll be traveling for the next 8 weeks. 12 cities in 8 weeks to be exact. After that I'll look at scheduling another garage day at my place.

We may stop by but not come to exhibit. Trying to get a lot done before we leave for the Miami to Boston trip next Friday. We're currently scheduled to drive a new Cooper from Miami to Boston but I've requested an upgrade to a Clubman. 8) You can follow our travels at WRR and Motoringfile starting n...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddsmods/ Some recent MINIs there, some not so recent. I have completed graphics on more than 700 MINIs since 2003 and I do all the custom, non factory, graphics for Baron. My companies are DMP Productions and toddsmods.com. Not wanting to self promote, just clearing th...

Anyone planning on making the drive to Chicago and then to Road America in late July for MTTS?

I'll be there but I'm not sure if I'll be driving my MINI up or flying. If enough KC folk want to drive I may drive also.


MTTS Chicago

Would love to be there but I'll be tracking a MINI at Homestead Speedway in Miami that week and then on my way to Boston on MTTS.

Have fun and I'll most likely have the GP at HPT in July.

Sorry to say my plans have changed and I will no longer be heading to the Dragon this year. Hope you all have a fun and safe time.

Looks like I'm heading to the Dragon too this year. The Motoringfile/Whiteroofradio cabin should be party central on Friday night. That's all I'm authorized to say for now.

This trip should be LEG - EN - DARY!

The smart car may be clever in design and theory but go drive one and you'll stop thinking about it. It's an absolute dog to drive. Everything from the transmission to the brakes feels weak. I took one out a few weeks back and I was shocked at how horrible it was. I guess it's all about perspective ...