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Our new M&H drag slicks for Old Red....we can supply these for your MINI in readiness for MINI In The Park



We also had a delivery of DriveShaft Shop driveshafts to cope with the launches with our Super Single Competition Clutch



If you need new rims for your drag slicks we can also hook you up with some 8x15 Rota Slipstreams for the perfect MINI combo.....watch those 60fts and ET's come tumbling down with this combination

We got here at about 13.00 and signed on for a 2 hr test session from 15.00-17.00, weather was nice and dry so things were looking good.

Richard went out at 14.55 and someones engine / turbo let go in a big way in front of him so Red Flag everyone in and a 15 min delay, you've guessed it as they went out the rain started.........Richard managed a 1.53 in traffic and with a mediumn drizzle.

Here are some pics from today













Its bluurred but just had to show you it :)

We managed to get over today to see Mark at Owens and make some runs on their rolling road with Richard O'Dwyer's turbo MINI. We wanted to do this whilst it has a stock cylinder head and stock camshaft. Mark believes we can still find some more power with this combo which shows what a great start this conversion can be HP to £ spent with a stock engine. 

We're glad to announce that we will be partenering with the team at Owens to build the best turbos & kits for the R53 & R56 1.6 MINIs.

To say we're excited about working with the team at Owen Developments is a huge understatement, so here are today's results.

We headed upto RT on Thursday afternoon for a course and to configure the DL1 to the EC2.............as you can see the laptops were out in full force.....big thanks too Kieran

After an all day session by Scott Jack & Thomas it was a 3am load up and off to Cadwell for some testing before the 1st Time Attack www.timeattack.co.uk round off 2012, we weren't the only Time Attack cars getting some track time in.

Needless to say the weather report was rain and more rain......when we got there at 7.30am there was no rain but there was a lot of damp patches about on track.

9am and we were in the first sigting laps.......and just like those days at Santa Pod as the seat belts were tightened the rain spots started on the windscreen...by the end of our 3 sighting laps it was raining hard as you can tell from the last pics, hope you enjoy the pics.

1320 use a local bodyshop for all there resprays, Simon set up his bodyshop after leaving Mercedes where he worked with Thomas. Simon was responsible for Steve Royster's Black 2 turbocharged MINI that made Redline magazine back in 2010, Simon's paintwork skilz are amazing. 

This is 1 of 3 VW campers that Simon has restored (this one is his) to a show winning finish and is now powered by Subaru




So in the paint shop this week we were asked to give the turbocharged mini of Richards a make over ,



Sorry about the picture quality,Richards mini ready to be stripped down



Sills off, bonnet stripped,scuttle stripped and doors stripped.



Bumpers, new vented A panels and sills stripped down ready for a freshen up.




Next time you all see the car, it should look brand new.

If you have any bodyshop needs, either paint or bodywork please call 01234 376089

like Paul aka NA250 it might be just a split in the hose :)

...us down at the track is by sending us one of these, cheers Loui