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2001 Fireball Urist
  2001
Fireball Urist. This
page is dedicated to the current (2001) combination that Fireball Urist
has up his sleeve and provides partial coverage of the Orlando
Speed World NMRA
event. For starters, check out the new
"arrest me red" 2001 Mustang body. This is a
factory-painted "body-in-white" car that John got through Coast
High Performance. Check out the pictures
and videos below. |
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Pictures
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   The
engine. Beneath the hood is a stout short block
topped with a set of Victor heads and a Victor Junior intake
courtesy of Edelbrock/Coast
High Performance and both set up by Charles Rogers at Heads
Up Performance. The headers and exhaust are custom
built by John "Fireball" himself. The
transmission is by Gary Gonzales and the engine is monitored and
tuned using a Speed-Pro
computer setup with wideband O2 sensor. The engine was
fine-tuned and dialed in on the dyno by Alan Dudley and Wayne
Young of Youngs'
Performance. Notice the monster pipes feeding through
the firewall, one to the intercooler and one from the
intercooler. |
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   The
real motivator. This is the real motivation
behind the performance, cranking out 24 pounds of boost at full
boil!! Combined with the air-water intercooler located
behind the firewall, this thing cooks. Notice the default
ram air location of the 91 mm turbo inlet... small children and
animals beware!! |
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  Rear
suspension. The rear suspension was set up by
Duffy. The rear end housing is entirely custom built by
Duffy himself. This is strong stuff. |
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    Support
equipment. This car requires 2 cells; one for
fuel, and one for intercooler water. Computers everywhere,
if only one of them would work!! The alternator looks
pretty bad, but at least it works!!! The aluminum radiator
is a work of art. |
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    Qualifying
turns out to be problematic. On the first
Saturday (March 3) qualifying pass of the weekend (actually, the
second ever pass on the car) John ran a 10 second ET (boost was
low at 7 pounds), hit the brakes and promptly veered toward the
wall - missing by what is estimated to be only 6 inches.
It turns out that the exhaust system exiting the turbo was
interfering with the driver-side tie rod under braking.
Luckily, chassis fabricator Duffy was on hand to make some major
modifications to the exhaust system before the second round of
qualifying. Speaking of Duffy, he put together the full-on
25.1 spec chassis/cage setup that's legal for 7.50 and
faster. If you have to wreck someplace, inside this cage
is the place to do it. On the second qualifying pass, John
runs through the 8th mile, and applies brakes to test for
stability: all is well. On the last qualifying pass of the
day John turns up the boost regulator, launches soft (1.64 60
foot) and runs an easy 8.80 at 168 MPH. Johns final
qualifying position is number 10. Number 1 qualifier was
Chris Derrick with an 8.21 at 171 MPH. |
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   Other
attendees. On an unrelated note, it appears
that Jerry Glanville (former Atlanta Falcons coach) is in
attendance and racing a car!! The Doctor5.0 car belongs to
Dr. Jamie Meyer. |
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Videos
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Fireball
burnout. [ Saturday, March 3, 2001 - 2.1 MB ]
John on an
8.80 run. [ Saturday, March 3, 2001 - 3.35 MB ]
Near miss
with the wall at the finish line. [ Saturday, March
3, 2001 - 2.9 MB ] |
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