Going Big
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »On the way up to West Point to attend a conference for work, I stopped off at Morristown MINI and picked up a JCW big brake kit. The kit includes big calipers, pads, and larger rotors in the front, as ...
Detailing Tip of the Week: Better Living through Chemistry
Monday, April 5th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »If you have an '80's BMW, chances are you have some funky looking door trim. If you're turned off by the price of OEM replacement parts, take heart: there is a better way. OK, not better, but certainly ...
Prep for the New Season
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Autocross, BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »Preparations are well under way for the new season. This year I plan to concentrate on the local BMW Club championship series as well as a few SCCA events. Since I am running the GeorgeCo BMW Powered by Beano in ...
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »
The weather gods finally took pity on us in Maryland and gave us a seasonably warm weekend. With about two months of work to catch up on, I tried to spend as much time outside as I could. ...
Winter Plans
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »This is supposed to be that time of year when you watch the 24 Hours of Daytona, day-dream of the upcoming autocross season and start deciding the mods you want to make to your car. You take a close ...
GeorgeCo MINI turns 6, Becomes Barn Owl
Saturday, December 5th, 2009 Posted in Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »I've had my MINI for 6 years as of last week. About the time it passed it's six birthday in September, I started hearing this sound. Sort of part barn owl, part Stanley Steamer. It took a ...
Colonial Challenge Cup
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY, Track | No Comments »9/9/09 was a lucky day. I got to take the day off of work and spend it as an instructor at the Colonial Challenge Cup (CCC). The CCC is an annual charity event at Summit Point that benefits ...
A World Without Whumps
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »Tim installed the new Bimmerworld driveline today. What a difference. Imagine having a driveline that actually flexes instead of just eating guibos and center bearings. Power comes on smoothly without the background fear that it's all going to self ...
Done Painting (for now….)
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »It's easy to forget what a long road it's been, but if you click through this set of photos, it's really amazing how far this car has come in the last 13 months. I put the badges back on ...
MINI Payoff and Paint Bubbles
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Mini Blog, Repairs/DIY | No Comments »Like so many things with this car, you never really know what's wrong until you get out the grinder. After I finished painting the roof, I found a bubble in the paint on the hood. At some point ...
