Project TCS, our very own track car in the making!
It started out as a simple post on Facebook asking which cheap, small cars are the best for use on track. It was just a ‘what if’ post if nothing else..
It soon escalated when Jon over at JWS Developments offered a massive helping hand with building the perfect track car.
Over 3 months since the last track day at Blyton and the day has arrived once again! Plenty of time meant plenty of upgrades! Upgrades such as a Miltek exhaust, 15% Kavs supercharger pulley, a Newman ph3/4 cam, 550cc injectors and a upgraded air intake. All this, along with a custom map from our friends […]
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The day finally arrived! Blyton Park, 30th May 2021! The day we finally see how our mini goes for real. With the timing chain done by JWS Developments as well as geometry set up. Well set up the best they could do with the limited adjustability we currently have. JWS advised we need top camber […]
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Here we are, only 1 week to go until track day! You would think we are obviously all fully prepped by now then yes? Er… No! Assuming over 2 month prior would be plenty enough time to order items was our mistake. Whether its covid or brexit, something held things up for us! The good […]
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Does a new timing chain increase performance? No. However if your old one was stretched or the tensioner weakened, then there is definitely a big increase in performance to be had! Our Mini Cooper S started rattling randomly in our very first video. Since then we took it for performance runs, mainly 30-70mph on our […]
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Project TCS has been quiet for some time now. Along with the on going Covid issues and lockdown, we’ve also had Christmas and New year to contend with. It’s been taken slowly. However our Mini track car donor has now had a full health check from the experts at JWS Developments as well as big […]
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The Mini Cooper S is off to JWS Developments at Bolsover today. However we couldn’t let her go until we had a bit of a play yesterday! Now that we have sorted our insurance with “Need To Insure” at Mansfield. Fantastic price and a great policy for what we need, supplied by Paul at Need […]
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It’s finally here! The arrival of our slightly challenged and extremely dirty Mini Cooper S R53. Full walk around video can be found here. Be sure to subscribe to follow our progress. It started with posting a conversation starter on our Facebook group. It read something a long the lines of ‘cheap and cheerful track […]
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