I drove down to Torrance CA today on a whim and had my Mini flashed and all I can say is WOW!!! It is my favorite mod. It really wakes up the car and compliments the 17% pulley, Alta intake and One Ball. It's still weird seeing the car redline at 7500rpm. It was well worth the $300 introductory price for today only. I'm guessing 10 or more cars were flashed today. The guys at Fireballed were very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. I can't wait to do the Turbo kit.

The Mini crowd is much friendlier than the Benz members.
Mario

 

hi mario... glen here.

here's a link to the thread i was talking about (see post #15). call me if you have any questions during your install.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=79271

btw- i didnt get fireballed problems w/ my ecu. they're on top of it, though. gonna get it done in a couple of weeks.
-g

 

I am sure I'll say this a few times... but thanks to EVERYONE who came out.... it was really kewl... it was so much fun to hang and BS about mini stuff or whatever.... ofcourse it's always nice to hear people like what we do...

Looking forward to the next event...

 

I was first one on the block today at the Fireballed ECU day.
After the magic was done, I took it for test drive, (not that I would ever admit to doing anything really fast), and found that I had an immense improvement in throttle response and shifting.

The top rev limiter has been cranked up to around 7700/7800 rpm and the car stays in the power band through the shifts. Very quicky up through the gears and hit 100 in 3rd. Many apologies to the Volvo S50 that really tried to keep up (and failed miserably)

The whole feel of the cars acceleration is a lot smoother, and the slightly leaner mix should also yield better gas mileage, (not to mention the noticeable increase in exhaust 'pops' on deceleration.

All in all, well worth the money, (and much better for the opening day price!).

Next will probably be a new Fireballed Pulley !!

Now I just need some money for some track time (and ... and ... and ...)

Steve
KWK RED 1 (2005 CR/W MCS JCW Fireballed)

 

Hey guys,

here's the link to the thread I saw for the pillar mounted guages.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ghlight=pillar

Steve

 

whats up Glen, thank for all the tips today. What going on with your car?

 

Hey Steve it was great to meet you and thanks for the ride! You have to love the upgrade today.

 

Thanks for coming out ! Glad you all had a good time. More events to come!!

See Ya Soon!

 

Many thanks to Fireball Tim, Flash Master Jason, Brian and the entire crew for a wonderful day at the new facility! I had both of my Works cars flashed. Basically, Jason custom flashed each car and tweaked the maps for the 100 octane racing fuel that I use. Brain test drove the Works Cab and it pulled effortlessly to around 7,700 rpm, easily smoking the tires in second gear. The performance in my coupe was also much improved ... again silky smooth 7,700 rpm red-line .... no flat spots ... pure acceleration. Best money that I ever spent!

 

will this work with unichip? or does it have to be removed?

 

Interesting...I got a new Unichip map and it's clearly running leaner, and my exhaust pops have increased dramatically. So now, perhaps the two are related? Why, I ask...

cheers,

 

i have the VDO ecu... limited production w/ a completely different map. it has to be custom built. it's all good, they have my map and they're going to be working on it. should be ready when they get back from their races. i'll be working on my patience in the mean time...

 

With the increased rev limit, do the illuminated red bars on the tachometer change?

 

Nope, they stay in the same spot, thats what weirds me out when going to 7500 in the red, but its cool

 

Brian or Tuls,

Is it possible to change the which red bars are illuminated on the tach with your ECU?

Joe

 

that is accually a gauge color thing... from what I know... you can change out the face and possibly move it that way.... if that makes sense

 

Well, I missed the weekend mass install, but I made it down to the shop yesterday and had my MINI fireballed too. I like the improved throttle response, and I'm going to fill up tonight and see how much difference (if any) it makes to the fuel economy.

 

Does the ecu have the fireball tim face on it?

 

Um...no. The chip doesn't actually get removed.
But the MINI soap-on-a-rope that I got DOES!

 

Can the fireball reflash be peformed on the east coast at another tuner? Do you have to send the ecu in?

Is the reflash custom tuned for each application? Or is it offered in stages?

___________________________
05 MCS

 

Its a new release software package for them but I would guess you would need to send in the ECU, there is only one guy that can do it. And yes the RPM limiter and everything else is per application. They do great work, next month I will be getting Head and Cam through Fireballed. I can't wait!
Mario

 

Hey Tuls! How's it hangin'? Looking down the road, do you guys plan on being at MOTD7? If so, will you be offering the flash there? Here's hoping. Hi and hugs to MLE!

 

They are at Englishtown this weekend racing the M600. Maybe you could catch up with them there!

 

Still would like to see some dyno numbers on this upgrade.
Even G-Tech befores and afters would be something....

 

I know we want to be there! (man I can't wait) as for the flash I'll let Tuls answer that sonce I'm totally clueless about this sort of thing.