OK, I am not looking to incite a riot or get banned here, but has anybody seen the NAM Member Formerly Known as El Diablito’s MINI lately? It’s been a while since I’ve seen it and he has totally transformed it. Anyway, I took these shots this morning in Newport Beach.

 

Looks wonderful, absolute beauty

 

miss his surly in your face attitude. He had more content than most, so the friction to content ratio was pretty low, actually!

Matt

 

Because he is now sponsored by many companies who care about their public image, he was encouraged not to post in order to avoid making a big scene.

Thats atleast what i heard through the grapevine

 

That's one sweet mini!

Pretty easy to spot as he flies past too.

 

Very cool looking MINI. I saw that car at the MMW. Took a few pictures, but not as many as these. It was kind of funny, I was looking under the hood thinking, hmm some parts are not in the right place and then saw the turbo. . Had a little chat with El Diablito. Interesting guy.

 

Looks pretty sweet!! Cudos to Fireball Tim!!

 

Fireball Tim seems to be a very energetic and talented guy!


Clover

 

My best friend is friends with fireball tim. Im going to get to meet him one of the next times im down in la.

 

No that is one good looking MCSt.

 

Strong statement for Mini.......I miss that guy as well.......great enthusiasm and energy. I know he is at other sites but I like this one.......

 

Pretty wild! Looks to me as if its supercharged and turbocharged. Did you see this at Newport Coast? El Diablito is working with me on the merits of an Apexi fuel managment controller. He told me that he and Huie are building a MINI dragster as a factory sponsored effort. It is scheduled to debut in Phoenix at Hot Import Nights in October...

 

Yeah, I saw it at the Crystal Cove show yesterday.

 

Wow, not really my style but it's certainly a quality job.
Any pics of the interior?

 

Great looking MINI.

 

Talk about a nice car Medic Randy I just love seeing Gold MINI's



Art

 

That is a very nice car!

I wish he was still around, he put a different light on the subject at matter.
And, he knows what real power is.

Where's the numbers.

 

Anyone have any details/ other pics of the bonnet scoop on El's ride?, I know he was posting a while back about a custom scoop.

Great pics, thanks for posting

 

Graphics aren't what I'd do, but VERY nice! Under bonnet very tidy too ... top notch.

 

It's made by a french aftermarket company who specializes on mostly Peugot body kits. I believe he ordered it directly from france and waited for a while for it to arrive. When he was doing so there was word of an american distributor forming, but i have no idea what happened on that front. The company makes a full kit, but you can get the scoop separately. The name is Esquiss.

 

Unfortunately it seems to be at the mechanic weekly with problems They ARE getting close to quite an insane, reliable power gain

 

That's a hot looking MCSt. The engine detail and rim/brake/rotor setup looks *hot*. The graphics have inspired me to redo the vinyl on my car.

 

Mine has been in the shop for more than a month. What is his expected horsepower?

 

FWIW, Jan's [El Diabolito's] car is not making the ridiculous amounts of power he'd like you to think; definately not reliably. His highest whp was 280. High? Yes. Ridiculous? Certainly not. That may even have been spraying. He then blew pistons using an MTH tune [why on Earth????] that was not designed for a TC'ed car. His car is, as rally says, often getting one thing or another fixed. We're talking for weeks at a time here. Hubie may be making 430 whp with nitrous, but Jan is not. Just like some of the other TC'ed cars, he is having 'problems.'

He did install the new fuel system, so we'll see. But, more fuel won't help much if the recipe is unstable...

 

For the record, I have a friend pulling 250 whp out of his MCS [and tracking the thing nearly every weekend] with just a supercharger. So...