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i am just curious where to start with the setup on a 08 HS mini. can anyone give me a toe setting starting point? what about tire pressures on both v710 & a6? thanks.

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Hi! I'm Rodney. "Hi Rodney!" I'm addicted to Solo....

max camber front

min camber rear

0 toe rear

0 to 1/8 toe out in front

I ran the 710s  45 front, 36 rear, never ran the A6 on the Cooper

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Keith
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Hoosiers 40-42 ft, 48-52 rear depending on surface and shock setup. And they are faster than the K tire : P Dont know if you have any already, but I am selling my shocks fresh off the 09 National Champion GS Mini. Front and rear D/A custom valved Koni's. Rebuilt in 08, won Nats 09, trailered home, then taken off the car one autocross later.  Also selling some SSR's as well. Getting ready to list up in the for sale section this weekend.  Jeff Jacobs and I run almost the exact same setup, and he was one of the fastest HS cars in the country. (R56 Cooper)

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Tony Savini
2009 GS National Champion
2005 Mini Cooper S- retired
1999 Corvette FRC
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racnmni:

Hoosiers 40-42 ft, 48-52 rear depending on surface and shock setup. And they are faster than the K tire : P Dont know if you have any already, but I am selling my shocks fresh off the 09 National Champion GS Mini. Front and rear D/A custom valved Koni's. Rebuilt in 08, won Nats 09, trailered home, then taken off the car one autocross later.  Also selling some SSR's as well. Getting ready to list up in the for sale section this weekend.  Jeff Jacobs and I run almost the exact same setup, and he was one of the fastest HS cars in the country. (R56 Cooper)

Having been Jeff's tire warmer, I will attest to that one of the easiest HS cars I've ever driven.

motoring:

45 front, 36 rear,

racnmni:

40-42 ft, 48-52 rear

Very interesting.

710's vs Hoosiers.  Pressures are going to be quite different.

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Tony Savini
2009 GS National Champion
2005 Mini Cooper S- retired
1999 Corvette FRC
AS here I come!

motoring:

0 toe rear

I assume that's with adjustable shocks that allow you to stiffen up the rear suspension? 

With stock shocks, I needed maximum toe out (a bit over 1/4") to get decent rotation with my MINI.

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Steve Garnjobst
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On my GS Mini, here are my pressures. I too have essentially the same shock build as Tony and Jeff.

In my testing, the Hoosier was about .5 sec faster than the Kumho, but the Kumho got twice as many runs before cording.

Kumho: 42F-55R

Hoosier:  35F-38R 

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Greg Reno
'06 Mini Cooper S
#36 GS

You might wish to browse around in here as well.

 

http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/h-stock-53/  

Well FWIW...when we ran karter's 06 Mini...we had the Chiles valved konis on it...minimum rear camber and 1/8" toe out in the rear. 1/8" toe out up front and max camber (I don't even think it was adjustable).

 
It worked VERY well. The toe out in the rear and taking the camber down to like -0.4 REALLY helped the car to rotate.

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David Hedderick
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I never ran toe out in the rear, but taking out as much rear camber as possible makes a huge difference in the car.

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Tony Savini
2009 GS National Champion
2005 Mini Cooper S- retired
1999 Corvette FRC
AS here I come!

Holly smokes Greg, you forgot what pressures you normally run AGAIN. Normal pressures on the the A6's for use were 41 front and 56-58 rear. 

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Ron Williams

Multi-time national champion

On the kumhos we ran 46 front and 56 rear and we always ran 1/8th total toe out in the front and back. Very little camber in the rear always made the car very twitchy during normal driving. If you want a good comprimise set the rear at -1* camber, gives you good tire wear on the street with good manners on the street and the track.    

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Ron Williams

Multi-time national champion

Depends on what you call 'normal' driving... ; )

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Tony Savini
2009 GS National Champion
2005 Mini Cooper S- retired
1999 Corvette FRC
AS here I come!

what about fuel load? do mini's starve when low on fuel?

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Hi! I'm Rodney. "Hi Rodney!" I'm addicted to Solo....