I'm Building A Track Car | Time Attack MINI Cooper Ep. #1 

It most definitely is possible. 🤙🏻 Thanks for watching.

Thank you so much 👏🏻

🙌🏻 Thank you Erik, really means a lot to have you watching.

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I’ll be there! Not all of them unfortunately, but as many as I can manage!

Not everywhere in the US is like this. It’s still common for cars in regions that get snow to rust out. My car came from California where the paint gets baked off before the chassis rusts.

@@collinryser that sounds like a whole different amount of problems to us here in the uk 😂

Thanks 🤙🏻

I knew you would 😁

I mean, it works, but it’s not ideal 😂

The short ratio 6 speed with an LSD from a facelift Cooper S is the one to look for 👌🏻

Cheap MINIs are the best. No cutting required. Once the automatic transmission is removed, you’ll need a manual transmission and a clutch/flywheel assembly. Then you’ll need to run a fluid line for the clutch and add the correct pedals. Afterwards you’ll have some electrical connectors laying unused in the engine bay, and you’ll have to program the ECU to understand that the car has a manual transmission. It’s a lot of work but with research and the right tools, it just takes time.

🙌🏻 Give it a new life!

It will vary depending on what organization you run with, but classing is generally not necessarily based so much on the specific car but instead the mods that you make to the car. Evan Madore at FCP Euro runs an R53 with Gridlife in Street Modified.

I’m going into Gridlife’s Sundae Cup, aimed at low powered FWD hatchbacks. Mostly Honda Fits, a few Mazda 2s and a couple MINIs.

@@collinryser Awesome, looking forward to more to come. Good luck! :)

@@Lewis137 Saw you have an R53 and an NA. Subbed immediately.

There will be many more parts to this series to come 🤙🏻

I too was excited to see a fast paced track car build in an 8min video. Only to see it was an 8min video of a trans swap. :( But subscribed anyway.

🙏🏻 Appreciate the sub. In time, you’ll see it all. Once I feel like I’m finished with it, I’ll do a build overview video. 🤙🏻