More pics and info tomorrow!

@mazda616 Coolant temp gauge in the Mini. If it moves from its normal position, the head is already warped!

So, ive got the block back from the shop after a couple of months and now its back in the car...
Hopefully, it'll be back up and running in the next month or so now

New clutch, pressure plate and lightweight flywheel:

If its got numbers on the side, that means its a race car right
Finally bought some magnetic numbers for the Mini

@houstonrunner I'm gonna assume this will be built on the old Mercedes platform as well

Slightly used OEM shocks and struts, camber plates and front strut tower reinforcements installed on the Mini!
1st gen BMW Mini had issues with the top of the strut towers deforming too much so I fixed that too:

Basically hit it with a hammer till it flattens out Between the camber plates and the red colored strut "protectors" the towers shouldn't mushroom again.
I didn't have time to get an alignment today but im guessing I have around -2 deg of camber on the front now...time to order tires!
The ride has also improved a lot, something about not having blown shocks lol. It now puts down power better too, i floored it in 1st from a stop while turning right at a junction, it spun the inside wheel a lot before, now its just a hint of wheelspin!

So now, the entire front end suspension is 'new' on the Mini, I've replaced control arms, ball joints, tie rod ends, driveshafts and shocks springs in the last 20k miles. Poly bushings looked fine 10k miles ago so thats there as wel...

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/384890796700919

I LOVE these!

This meme always cracks me up lol:

@jminer who is that 1 person using a Blackberry to look at Oppo!!

@nauraushaun 95L Quad Turbo V16 says hi

@mastermario ya its a good buy but for a tow rig, I would rather have something like this:
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@mastermario that would make for a pretty sweet tow rig. Its a little expensive for it tho.

@davesaddiction Mini go brrrrr

@davesaddiction this is an old one

@wheelerguy now if only their service comes back online I could try it out... Supposedly AWS is having issues.

@hammerheadfistpunch I couldn't watch it thru all the way... Just felt like they were trying too hard to make it funny, it just ended up feeling cringy to me

@powershiftmatt My friend has a S4 with the same motor and a stage 3 tune on it which means 400whp according to him. It definitely inst no slouch!

@mm54 Fedex is never my choice either

@highlander its a 996, so yes it will have IMS issues