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Get the arson fire logo painted on. Should be ok 🤔

You teasing sod, no dyno results at the end 😂😂 Edit: Can't see the full description on mobile when watching the video, that's a very respectable result for a 5 port A series.

It certainly helps when you have a crew who know what they are doing 👍

Looks like you had a lot of fun 😁

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Epic!

sounds like you were just married! congrats! (dragging those cans behind you like that)

Great little video, plated diff and left foot braking is the key with FWD and especially the rain!

A great little video, captures the essence of your event very well. Yoko 032s are tricky in very wet and cold conditions, (hand cutting extra grooves would help in the damp). Also would advise checking/adjusting your camber settings (more negative, front and rear will give you more stability in those conditions) but it also depends on what rubber cones and dampers settings you are using. Final point: don't change too many things in one go, otherwise you won't know what's working. Best of luck

Great event report Kev, saw your driving come on, especially keeping your toe in when it’s getting a swapper on! Noticed whenever you were chasing that BMW you were pushing harder… and he wasn’t getting away! I’ve got out recently at Cadwell and Donington… I’ll drop a link to one of my incar below…

Do you have any advice for driving in the rain or suspension set ups that you would recommend - than please comment and let me know.

Great video, wants me to get a Motorsport license and get my mini out of the garage! What diff ratio are you running?

Great video kev, merry Christmas 🎅

It's been a while since I drove a Mini at the limit, but from what I recall: Mine was a little tail-happy in the wet from the rear being so light (and the rear geometry not really giving much camber to counter body roll) so it's imperative to enter a corner slow enough that you don't need to back off or feather the throttle while turning. It's an old design that really prefers an old driving style - brake straight, then turn in. Used the power to keep the rear in line and pull me through the curve...and if I needed to slow down after all (usually from either too high an entry speed, or by simply accelerating too quickly through the corner), I found it better to be prepared for the rear to break away the moment my foot eased off the throttle. I actually used to provoke the rear end a bit while I was poised to catch it - and by provoking it a little early, I ensured I had enough grip available to catch it again. (PS: in the dry, trail braking helped get the car to rotate, so it was the go-to technique for FWD cornering - but in the wet, over-rotation was the problem.) Rear tyres pressures were also critical in the wet. Balancing between higher pressures for water clearing and lower pressures to make the tyre soft enough to conform to the road surface better made all the difference. There's not much weight at the back to push the rear tyres into the blacktop, so aquaplaning at the rear always needed to be in the back of my mind. Dunno if any of this will help, as your setup is undoubtedly different to what I was running back in the day...but it's worth a try. Cheer, Kev - and keep it on the island, old son. 🍻😁

At least you can feel you boots with that one !!! :D

Now that's the sort of sleigh Santa needs! A little bit sideways :)

Merry Christmas to all at TGMRT

Come on Santa, lets see what surprise you have in store 🎉🎅. Liked and shared

Love it! Die hard is a Christmas movie!

great vid, we enjoyed watching that.

Love seeing BL era cars Kev, with your Mini, Austin Healey and the MG B 👍

Fantastic video Kev. Looks like youse had an absolute blast on your first closed road event. You’re ready to come over this side of the Irish Sea for the Ulster Rally mate.

enjoyed watching this one gives people an in-depth to what goes on before and during the rally keep the mini alive

Great vid Kev, looks like such a fun event. Was good to chat with you both before the start 👌🏻

Soapy water behind the decal, then squeeze the water out from behind, take you seconds for a perfect fit :)

Nice run, mate. Looks like you had a fun time - which is what it's all about, after all. 👍 Looks like the driving lights could use a bit of adjustment. If you can get them, I'd recommend using narrow-beam driving lights for the middle two, aimed straight ahead...and really wide-angle flood lights for the sides, angled to each side a touch. I tend to aim them all just a touch high, so I don't lose too much visible distance when I need to brake hard or when approaching a rise. I've always preferred just a little light on the road surface from the centre lights - enough to see potholes and dirt - and aiming most of the light just above the surface gives me better visibility at speed in the distance where the road ends and the trees start. For the slower and/or tighter corners, the floods on the sides cover that well - not much range for those lights, but not much is needed. All that said, it's each to his or her own - actually being the driver will show how effective the lighting is much better than the camera can. Cheers, mate. 🍻

Sorry, cant stand navigators who repeat themselves as if the driver is too dim to remember what they'd just said. Ans as for the exuberance? A bit too 'yippee look what we're doing' for me

Really enjoyed that one Kev, looks like you two had a great time.

Friday evening viewing sorted 👍

Try saying that when you've had a few to many!!!!

Hmmmnn? Chocolate starfish?? 🤣😝

Loving the advent calendar videos Kev

😂 Lov'in this 😊

The step drill Christmas tree is genius! I'm off to decorate mine with some green and red marker pens 😂

Legends!!

Hi Kev and Alfie! regarding paint finish for the rally mini, have you ever tried coach enamal? Paintman paints are fantastic! They can be rolled, brushed or sprayed and the paint flows out amazing giving a glass like finish that shines like you wouldn't believe, I've just done the underside of my mini project (I have roller painted over the Raptor coating) and the finish has more gloss that the factory paint ever had! I'll be spraying the body once I've pulled my finger out! Excellent video as always!

Did you not to the Bovvington stages yesterday then? I was marshalling and I didn’t see your mini!

You don't say which Stack fuel gauge this is and clearly it is not the one that has two buttons built into it.

Haha! Great video…. I’ve just decided I can’t wait any longer and have just gone out and bought one, so I can get out there and have fun…. But i still want to build my BMW so I’ve kept that one too 😈 BARS test on the 21st! Wish me luck!