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builder
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andygtt said:| actually I think Gman built his own car. |
Good point. However, isn't the exact setup avaliable directly from the factory?
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RichUK
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116 months
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I think I saw the car on the A420 just near to the Marston Roundabout about 2.15 this afternoon.
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Radical Mick
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98 months
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Well done Ultima, good to see you better the Caterham time with it`s trick gearing and tyres. As for getting the Top gear record, I think you will find that our SR3 has laped the top gear circuit in 1.15 in Stigs hands and our SR8 will do it at least 5 secs faster. So good luck.
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steve_D
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127 months
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Radical Mick said:| Well done Ultima, good to see you better the Caterham time with it`s trick gearing and tyres. As for getting the Top gear record, I think you will find that our SR3 has laped the top gear circuit in 1.15 in Stigs hands and our SR8 will do it at least 5 secs faster. So good luck. |
Were they road legal? Steve
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monkey boy 1
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100 months
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Fan-bloody-tastic. that's a pretty fast stop/start/stop time.
How does that compare with, say a modern F1 car or a Hyabusa / Blackbird engined kit car ?
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monkey boy 1
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100 months
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darren
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153 months
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Why don't we all just email top.gear@bbc.co.uk with a request. If they get enough emails about it they'll surely consider it.
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DHGTR
1,027 posts
112 months
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excellent idea, wonder if i'll get my reply tomoorow  by the way anyone on here with a red gtr on the a127 last week? >> Edited by DHGTR on Sunday 3rd April 12:16
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mybrainhurts
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124 months
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on the parallel thread I said:Well done, gents.
If you're going for Top Gear, let's hope you can set up the handling for that airfield.
I seem to remember Tuff Noodle criticising a GTR for difficult understeer. |
Still don't understand why two threads kicked off.....where's the other one gone? I'm easily confused......
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davefiddes
839 posts
129 months
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mybrainhurts said:
I seem to remember Tuff Noodle criticising a GTR for difficult understeer. |
I believe that was a bit unfair. The car was tested in almost monsoon conditions and the rear wing had been cranked up to try and get some grip at the back. A well set up GTR is pretty neutral with a bit of understeer to keep it safe (when the back comes round, as with most mid-engined cars I believe, it does so in a bit of a hurry...). mybrainhurts said:
Still don't understand why two threads kicked off.....where's the other one gone? |
There's a race condition in the forum code. Normally it would be a bad thing...but this is Pistonheads!  
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peterpsg
813 posts
103 months
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Hey Gman,
did you use the Kuhmo tyres for the run ???
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Paul.B
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133 months
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peterpsg said:Hey Gman,
did you use the Kuhmo tyres for the run ??? |
The car has Goodyear stickers so I would guess not! Well done Gareth, really looking forward to chasing that car now to Le Mans in June. Paul.B
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GuyR
1,887 posts
151 months
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Congrats. Thats an amazing time.
That car would do a 0-200mph-0 at Brunters easily, as it's got a far superior power/weight ratio in comparison to my car.
Guy
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G Man
3,994 posts
129 months
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peterpsg said:Hey Gman,
did you use the Kuhmo tyres for the run ??? |
No the Kuhmo were not used. Ultima factory tyres were smoking ..... G Man
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ninjaboy
2,525 posts
119 months
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andygtt said:
ninjaboy said:| I don't think it will ever make it onto topgear tbh its really a kitcar isn't it,still very fast though |
its no more of a kit car than a noble! you can buy a fully built car straight from the factory to this spec.
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I'm no great fan of ultima's i will admit that but the performance is very good,but i would imagine that a westfield/cateram could match it. i can't see how you can compare an ultima to a noble.I think the finsh and quality of a noble is far better
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G Man
3,994 posts
129 months
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GuyR said:Congrats. Thats an amazing time.
That car would do a 0-200mph-0 at Brunters easily, as it's got a far superior power/weight ratio in comparison to my car.
Guy |
Guy If I can get an invite I will see you at the next VMax... GMan
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ninjaboy
2,525 posts
119 months
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I aint ever seen it on topgear so i stand corrected, i don't think i have said anything bad about ultima's they are built up from a kit ain't they? Stig said:
ninjaboy said:| I don't think it will ever make it onto topgear tbh its really a kitcar isn't it,still very fast though |
Actually the GTR has already been featured on Top Gear before. Not bad for a 'kitcar' eh. |
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ditto
614 posts
109 months
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DHGTR said:excellent idea, wonder if i'll get my reply tomoorow
by the way anyone on here with a red gtr on the a127 last week?
>> Edited by DHGTR on Sunday 3rd April 12:16 |
I was on the 127, but it wasnt last week it was the week before
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andygtt
6,391 posts
133 months
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ninjaboy said:
andygtt said:
ninjaboy said:| I don't think it will ever make it onto topgear tbh its really a kitcar isn't it,still very fast though |
its no more of a kit car than a noble! you can buy a fully built car straight from the factory to this spec.
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I'm no great fan of ultima's i will admit that but the performance is very good,but i would imagine that a westfield/cateram could match it. i can't see how you can compare an ultima to a noble.I think the finsh and quality of a noble is far better |
A caterham couldn't match this one on acceleration (caterham R500 is better on the brakes!) and we will agree to disagree about the finish and quality of a Noble compared to an Ultima.
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dinkel
21,033 posts
127 months
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andygtt said:
...(caterham R500 is better on the brakes!) ... |
Ultima looks soooooooo much better. I wonder what a V8 Radical does . . .
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5 Seconds faster .... I wanna see that 
