CRX89B Final Prep - Saturday 28 Jan 2012

Nearly ready. On Friday afternoon I took the car round to Rod and Colin Taylor at Southam Metro and Mini Centre for a final fettle to the timing and mixture. Saturday from 8.00 til midnight was packing and the final jobs - stiffer steering wheel, updated fire extinguishers, updated drivers seat belt, rear anti-mist screen repair.

Tyre testing was limited to the Finnish tyres from Andy Roelands at Mini Prep due to limited road time available. The tyres are very chunky and have about 130 - 140 studs in each tyre. The 165 70 10 size are great to drive on, and easy and predictable to set up into glorious power slides accentuated by the scrunching noise of studs scrabbling for grip on tarmac. The 145 80 10 require a bit more concentration to make good progress on a tarmac road as the car skates about on its studs quite freely. The real test for these tyres will come when we find thick snow and ice.
Our French tyres from Francois Windeck at Auto-BMC are a known quantity after last year and will prove to be excellent for intermediate conditions where there is a mixture of. dry roads and some snow and ice. END