Super charged ariel atom and autocar magazine
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hi guys my name is steve . my ariel atom 2 should arive in a couple of weeks its all built just waiting for the papperwork to come through .my atom is the first one with a jackson racing supercharger fitted to it giving it around 280 BHP. i do believe ariel will be doing it as an upgrade shortley.anyway ariel asked me if i would alow auto car to test drive it as it was the first one. this is before i have even recieved the car and driven it myself. at first i was quite excited about the idea but after thinking about it i said no. this has made me feel a little uncomftable as i feel im letting simon and tom down {the guys at ariel}. just realy asking everyone what they think of this? have i done the write thing? what you would do in this situation.
glad to here most of you agree with my answer . unfortunatly cant make malery track day due to kids first birthday on the 26 march and i would have to leave then to get to mallary refreshed as i live on the south coast,another problem is i have no trailer yet not enough mony after paying for the atom.mark you got away lightly at 28K mines nearer 34K so another 2.5K for a trailer will have to wait. hopfully you guys will arange another day soon and i will definatly come,be good to get together and compaire the cars to see if the supercharger is worth paying the extra cash for.ive driven the demo car and it was great fun although alot more vibration than my old 340r. any one had the spoiler kit fitted intrested to know what thats like as thats the only opstion i did not have. i also here new lightweight magnesium wheels are in the pipeline so start saving guys goto go bye speak soon
yes had the car for about 2 weeks now it had to go back due to blocked injectors.simone has fitted an inline fuel filter now and has also upgradeded the ECU.done about 400 miles in it now,very very fast. makes a great whistle noise as the supercharger spins up. very tricky to drive slowly as the slightest touch of the thottle makes the car shoot foward a bit kangaro stile for the first 50 miles.the clutch is quite hard to press down just wondering if anyone else has the same problem also the bite piont very high. the brack light also stoped working but fixed that now wire completly snaped in unit. found small amount of brake fluid on the footwell only a few drops so im keeping an eye on that. hope its not just me that has these little problems. i have asked somon to send me a copy of the dyno test 3 times now but still have not recieved it. the car is sopposed to be 280 BHP but last time simon quoted 275 BHP and on the ugraded ECU it says atom 260 so im asuming thats 260 BHP so im going to get it dyno tested so ill know for sure. hondata in kent said that they would do it and that they could check the suppercharger to as there is a new pully wheel now that increases the boost presure from 5 PSI to 7.5 PSI bigger ingectors and unfortanatly another ECU however they are quotting over 300 BHP and soposidly still relible,( not that the cars been reliable so far).but unfortantly it all cost money.i also asked about the dymag wheels had a quote from ariel of 1825 pounds not including tryres and thats tradding in my wheels as well.bit pricy,contacting them directly now. still at the end of the day the car is fantastic fun , had to laugh at myself when accelerating with just sunglasses on , could not breath . so crash helmit is a must , yes the wheels do spin up easy , tacken it to my local airfield were practised some donuts and some snacky s bends with the back sliding out, noticed little bit of under steer untill you give it a little blip which brings it round great. hopefully going on a trck day to goodwood on may 15. ill take some pictures of the suppercharger when i tack all the plastic covers of, but not realy sure how you put them on the web site so some info on that would be appriciated. still read all the posts though guys and im glad everyone had a good track day at malory and bedford, i contacted the trailer people but they did not have a trailer wide enough so im going to buy my own, as most of the tracks are a little far for me in worthing on the south coast in fact its probly nearer to go and visit Jean-Pascal in france (HE HE) . speak to you guys later cheers STEVE
hi Jean-Pascal ive done around 700 miles in the atom now going on my second track day to brands hatch on 24 6 04 think bruce is going as well so ill finaly meet him. the driving on the road now has got alot better and smother as you get the hang of the power.i see you said your going to sell yours surely you mean go for the supercharger upgrade as its not necessary to change the whole car.ive changed all the lensses to clear lensses now and changed the bulbs to LED bulbs as it looks alot nicer.the power output is 275bhp but you were right about the pully upgrade its not possable on the japanese engine. im ordering some wheels from dymag to help the weight and genneral apperance as i like the look of the racing cars so ill proberbly go for a set of the spoilers soon.
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