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Thanks Bill!

That was exciting. Glad it ended well

In the radiator

I always wondered if you had fluid come out of the power steering with the recirculating ball set up vs. My rack

Thanks for the reply! I added screens with a fibrous material behind them to dissipate water. Low pressure or not, tire rubber snakes could still get in there if left open. There are some dents in the screens after this past weekend at The Glen.

Thanks!

I think he was on a cool down lap or taking it easy.

Hey, thanks! I've worked with Henry in the past. He's what led me to get my own AIM SOLO DL. I didn't work with him that weekend since it was the first weekend running the car at full power. I've learned from him what to look for in the data traces too, so I'm mostly self analyzing for now.

I should have added that I like your line around the track, except I take a different line in the toe (see below). What run group are you in? And what tires are you running? What camera? I was working with Henry at this event. I’m am still coming up to speed with what to look for in the data, so I’m relying on him and Greg V for help. A difficulty with my car, which is stock, is that it is FWD with eDLC (MINI’s version of electronic LSD), but unlike RWD cars it works on the front wheels, which is really hampering in turns like the Toe. So, there seems to be some limitation between what they think I should be doing and what the car can do. Hence, I need to do a different line through the Toe than your line. Overall, though, I love the learning process.

Thanks. I run in Group 1. The tires are Continental Extreme Contact Force. The camera is the Sporty Cam 3 which pairs with the AIM. I've been running with GVC for 3 years or so now and also enjoy the learning process. Never stop learning!

Same here, Group 1, in the Black JCW MINI Cooper. Hope I didn’t hold you up at all…

@@Eddie07S awesome. And I doubt you held me up! Even if so, that stuff doesn't bother me unless someone isn't paying attention for longer than one pass opportunity. Are you a GVC member or from a different area? Either way, are you coming in September?

The aluminum was pretty "clean" from the start, so it made it easy to clean up. Just degreasing with mineral spirits mostly.

I've had the software since 2010-ish on that laptop. Not sure where specifically you would get it from these days, but it's out there!

You're welcome!

Thanks Greg! See you this weekend?

@@technician1177yep I’ll be there all three days. Can you give me a ride?

@@gvandiv1 absolutely. I will also be there all 3 days. I'll be in garage Bay 21

I don't know which specific maps had the issue or if it was the file versions having a mismatch. For example, 1601 base file versus 1701. I know the EWS deleted file with the tune on it was created from a 1701 base file. I determined the issue by matching the tune file back to the DME it originated from. This way I knew the base files would match. Since then, the only actual help I got was from a friend to get a stock/factory full 512kb file loaded onto the DME I intend to keep in the car moving forward. Now I have a known good 1701 factory file from which to have a custom dyno tune worked up. That likely won't be until the fall. I'm still waiting on some specialty parts. For now I still have the tuned DME from my other M5 bolted into this car.

Thanks! Congrats on being in the 300k club. Avus is certainly a great color. What color is yours?

@technician1177 Titanium Silver unfortunately

Sorry I missed your comment! Thank you.

I'd love to pick your brain about the cage when the time comes!

@@technician1177 For sure!

Thanks!

That car had Evolve headers, hi flow cats and supersprint x-pipe (non resonated).

Thanks for the comment! The video is meant to be educational - my vision could have been better. By that I mostly mean with recognizing the traffic in front of me making the quick maneuvers wasn't for "normal" passing on the back straight but rather quick passing for a large speed differential. I agree that at the time our group came up on him it was too late for him to pull off into the safe barrier/track exit (or do anything other than stay on-line until a safe point is reached). He should have exited on the one before going down the straight. He couldn't have been going more than 50 mph in the fastest section of the track. On my next lap around, he was parked in the grass by the flagging station at the end of the back straight. It was a mechanical issue.

I did follow TIS here as you described. I usually just hand tighten with a rachet for the 5nm setting, then torque wrench the rest. In the first video I described the use of plastigauge but didn't video actually doing it. I checked only a couple rods as the wear was consistent and I didn't have any symptoms/problems to diagnose. Good luck on yours!

We need more honest owners to post videos like this. This would dispel the vicious rumors about the rod bearing issue surrounding these cars.

Thanks! Part 2 is posted. It came out as a TH-cam Short.

Haha. Yeah, partial curb is fine but the car gets too upset with the high turtles.