I see a plume of white smoke and defeat for the Evo team. If anyone saw that same series, only a few years ago, that same douche built another Evo to compete against another team. I forget if he won the race in the end but it blew hard. Sort of like this, only worse. Bye Bye head gasket!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=V31W7a5i-JI

 

This is the first time an Evo has been in the
series. There was a Skyline in Season 1 that lost a wheel bearing.

 

somebody on another forum said Fireballed blew the car up on the dyno.... who knows... guess we will have to wait and see by watching the series.... maybe someone just said that to get the ratings up?

 

Hm. That's a good one. That's right up there with having blown up the Dyno from all the power.

 

I disagree. If they simply removed the Sponsor stickers then the EVO could EASILY fit in on any college campus. The MINI and the Ford would draw attention anywhere. That's the point I was trying to make

 

Good... glad to hear it's not true....

 

would someone be so kind as to post a modification list for the STCMINI? I've gathered bits and pieces through the fireballed blog but, a list would be nice.

 

Sorry, but a list cannot be released until after the show airs. We're dying to tell you, but legally, we can't. It's being revealed as the show plays out.

 

From SEMA:





-Cody

 

HOLY *****!

 

Wow I didn't realize that the hood scoop was that open. You could suck in small children into that thing. I would think for driveability you would want a mesh of some kind.

What is that red thing to the left of the intercooler?

 

I, too agree the opening and closing segments are cheesy as crap, and I would rather watch more of the cars being built. But the thing that bothered me the most is that when they show the MINI, and give the stats, they give the base horsepower of a Cooper, although they are using a Cooper S, which comes with 60+ base horse. It's just misleading, it makes people think the S only has 118 BHP, and that ain't right. (O.K. Got that off my chest, and now let's see that black beast blow the doors off some underclassmen.)

 

Yea, the Producers know about the mistakes and are fixing them. The MINI wasn't the only thing. But it looks like the cat's outta the bag. See the vid HERE.

It''s the final results that their keeping a lid on, unless someone blows THAT one too.

 

driveability? this thing is a show car. So, excess is the name of the game. They've got 1000lbs+ of stereo equipment!

That red thing looks like a blow off valve but, forget about that. Looks like a gatling gun is poking out of the fog light on the left! hahaha

 

Yes , but I do not think the stereo system matters when you have 550hp+ on a mini. Great work from the fireball team !!!

 

1000 LBS always matters, unless you are parked.

 

Being parked is generally what show cars do......

 

So I guess those 550ph won't be used much if it is just a show car??
Let me have whats under the hood, i'll put it to good use...no need for it to go to waste.

 

I'm sorry, I thought there was a track competition at the end of the show. Well, there was the last two seasons.

 

There is in this one too.....but it's also doubling as a show car as well....so it has some show characteristics and some performance stuff.

 

118hp for the base mini S? Come on...for a tuner show...they should get their facts straight...they only have to know three cars.

 

The cars are graded for interior, exterior and track performance. Its all deltas from stock.

So Fireballed! has them all covered nicely.

I'm bummed I missed episode 3. I'll catch it next week..

 

Did the community participation photos make it into the build? There MIGHT be a row at the very top of this photo, but I haven't heard anything about it since the original postings made the rounds. I keep looking for photos...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbwilld...7602627655965/

 

The PhotoBand is on the inside. Only 24 people participated, so not enough to go around the outside of the car. See the photo on SEMA Day 2 below...

http://fireballtim.com/blog/

 

Thanks for the photo!