PLR Projects: Making sure we hit the apex To follow on from our last blog post about the Mini R56, it’s time to go over what we have making us stop and handle better. If you have looked at what we were running on the R53 we had for a while, then all of what’s…
PLR Project: R56 from street to track car As some will already know, the PLR Project R56 track car has progressed pretty well since the last time we posted any updates about it. So I guess its about time I update the website with what we have been up to with the car. If you have…
So during the winter this kind of happened, the supercharged BMW Mini R53 got replaced with a Turbo R56. The colour has stayed the same though. The ‘new’ R56 Cooper S is the ex EDMotorsports development car for there custom engine maps and so has been kept in a very good condition. With EDM using…
We are back with part 2 of the Polo Project, last time we left off with the colour changing from purple to battleship grey, so now to the meaty stuff! First off it was around this stage in the build Olly decided it was going to be a track build so that meant he would…
This is PLR friend and associate, Olly Button’s latest project. His Battleship Grey Polo Track Car, although that was not the idea when he first bought the car. It was originally going to be a daily driver, back when he had the Cupra R project going. Unfortunately circumstances meant the Cupra R never got finished,…