Superlite Coupe LS7

[craig7l]

great concept, design and build fran you should be very proud of what you have achieved to date.
I was thinking briefly Ultima but it was the looks that put me off (i know very subjective- but thats just my thoughts).

After seeing this car its got me a thinking........ :-)

Ps. still awaiting some personalised costings from you :-) then i will be booking a BA seat to fly over to Michigan.
cheers

[Fran Hall]

Craig,
Already sent
cheers

[craig7l]

cheers fran, will look to come out after 16th June sometime if thats ok with you?

[boomerkk]

Seems Fran has sold 22 kits, and first few has been delivered.

Nice shiny new website:

http://www.superlitecars.com/coupe_images.html

Edited by boomerkk on Wednesday 16th July 16:34

[chuntington101]

Fran, its just my opinion but i think the car looks amazing!

is the box section steel or ally??

have you got any more pics of the different engines installed??

Thanks Chris.

[Karlo]

Amateur video I put together when I visited in June 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUcodBqKRJI

Edited by Karlo on Friday 18th July 22:07

Edited by Karlo on Wednesday 23 July 14:30

[craig7l]

visiting the factory on 1st August with a view to purchasing a SL-C for the UK. Oh well only 6000miles or so and 3days out my life hehehehehe - any UK questions you need answering nows ya chance

[d3vine]

Craig, so I guess, an Ultima isn't on your mind anymore. If you haven't seen one in the flesh, it's a beautiful car. The only few things that really turns me off about an Ultima are lack of a stalk, fuel tank not in the center of the car, and push rod suspensions. But the first one would be the main issue. Other two, I can live without.

I haven't seen the SLC in the flesh. But in the pictures, it looks decent, but rare doesn't do it for me. Furthermore, the GTR has been developed for years and conquered many world performance records for a road car. So it definitely has an edge over the SLC. Just my two cents...

[craig7l]

hi divine,
The reason for the visit is to make a decision between the two cars, Ultima or SL-C.

I was looking at purchasing an ultima before i briefly thought about a GT40 replica, which led me to the SL-C.

I live 40mins drive from the Ultima factory and have seen many up close and personnel.

[tim the pool man]

d3vine said:

... lack of a stalk...

I've read that over and again, but I still can't figure out what you mean?

[d3vine]

stalk behind the steering wheel with turn signals, turning on head lights, high beams, windshield wiper, etc...

[tim the pool man]

d3vine said:

stalk behind the steering wheel with turn signals, turning on head lights, high beams, windshield wiper, etc...

OK... so you were joking when you said that was the main issue then?

[Paul Drawmer]

tim the pool man said:

d3vine said:

stalk behind the steering wheel with turn signals, turning on head lights, high beams, windshield wiper, etc...

OK... so you were joking when you said that was the main issue then?

Thank you for clearing that up - had me puzzled.

[d3vine]

Well, I have ridden in one and the Ultima GTR seems to be a great super car in every aspect including price. Lacking a stalk is an issue for me. Other than that, it's reliable and can be used as a daily driver.

[chuntington101]

craig7l said:

visiting the factory on 1st August with a view to purchasing a SL-C for the UK. Oh well only 6000miles or so and 3days out my life hehehehehe - any UK questions you need answering nows ya chance

please let us know what you think of the car. be nice to see how much support the company would offer someone over here in the UK. also how about torsional rigidity of the chassis.

Cheers

Chris.

[Fran Hall]

Support will not be a problem....
I was in the UK last week discussing SLC track support with a well respected race/resto shop....
We run full FEA with all our chassis and components prior to production...no surprises.
We surpass all the stringent Aussie ADR torsional tests with our chassis as we have to meet their criteria before being able to sell over there.

As an example the SL-R chassis more than tripled the 2500nm requirements for a vehicle of that specified weight.

Edited by Fran Hall on Tuesday 22 July 11:16

Edited by Fran Hall on Tuesday 22 July 11:34

[foryorent]

If I'm not mistaken, the SLC comes with stalks as standard, as well as a pushrod rear suspension and the fuel tank is in the middle of the car per Le Mans spec.

Edited by foryorent on Tuesday 22 July 16:47

[Mr J]

Fran, I remember seeing a video of someone wandering around your workshop, and there appeared to be a superlite coupe with chopped roof in a similar style to the VW W12 roadster or a koenigsegg minus the top. Looked quite cool, any comments/info?

[chuntington101]

Fran Hall said:

Support will not be a problem....
I was in the UK last week discussing SLC track support with a well respected race/resto shop....
We run full FEA with all our chassis and components prior to production...no surprises.
We surpass all the stringent Aussie ADR torsional tests with our chassis as we have to meet their criteria before being able to sell over there.

As an example the SL-R chassis more than tripled the 2500nm requirements for a vehicle of that specified weight.

Thanks Fran.

PS. obviously the LS7 is a great engine choice, and the Toyota V8's will fit even with turbos! but what other engines have been fitted?? have you any pics of them or links??

Edited by chuntington101 on Wednesday 23 July 08:17

[Fran Hall]

The chop top is actually called the Le Mans...and is being readied for production.
We have made mounts for a customer with stock SBF, A 410 sprint car engined SBC.
We have mocked a V10 Viper engine package(now thats a toughie) but still doable ...just.
We have done 12 LS7 chassis packages too with more in the works.also a LS1 and an LS2 but they are exactly the same mounts...