RE: Ultima World Record!
Discussion
G Man said:
Yep thats my personnel car a poor lowly pistonheader, toiled away in his garage on a winters night to build it.
Many thanks to Ted and Richard at the factory, their help...
Think we might go to a run what you brun this Sunday and have a go at 1/4 mile
G MAN
640bhp from a N/A 377ci (6.2l)???????
Crikey is that right?
That must be a serious revving monster to achieve over 1:1 on the bhp/cc ratio from a pushrod chevy?
Mark
www.amerspeed.com/ultima.htm
Yumm yumm! Thanx to Ultima's low weight it gives you 13 mpg I guess
Awesome Block. For in a powerboat or something. Not rely refined mechanics . . . But a hell of a nice soundtrack . . . Waiting for a goon to drop a Judd V10 in an Ultima . . .
>> Edited by dinkel on Thursday 19th August 11:28
Yumm yumm! Thanx to Ultima's low weight it gives you 13 mpg I guess
Awesome Block. For in a powerboat or something. Not rely refined mechanics . . . But a hell of a nice soundtrack . . . Waiting for a goon to drop a Judd V10 in an Ultima . . . >> Edited by dinkel on Thursday 19th August 11:28
skid said:
640bhp from a N/A 377ci (6.2l)???????
Crikey is that right?
That must be a serious revving monster to achieve over 1:1 on the bhp/cc ratio from a pushrod chevy?
Mark
Mark
You are quite right, a 377 is a bored 350, I spec'd the engine myself, Gail at American speed helped finalise the specs and built it.
Look at the incar video, the Stack is a 0-8000 you can see how high and fast it revs
G Man
G Man said:
640bhp from a N/A 377ci (6.2l)???????
Crikey is that right?
That must be a serious revving monster to achieve over 1:1 on the bhp/cc ratio from a pushrod chevy?
Mark
Mark
You are quite right, a 377 is a bored 350, I spec'd the engine myself, Gail at American speed helped finalise the specs and built it.
Look at the incar video, the Stack is a 0-8000 you can see how high and fast it revs
G Man
640 though Gareth? I thought you'd intimated a higher figure on Sunday??
Fantastic! Congratulations to Richard, Ted and GMan! 
Great that it was set on standard hard road tyres unlike those pesky Caterhams with their road legal sticky semi-slicks.
I want a shot now. Anyone got a stopwatch and a big bit of tarmac? (not that I could get within more than a few seconds of Richard's time...)
Now a Zeroshift converted G50 might be quite interesting. Maybe knock a few tenths off that 0-100 time and put it out of reach for a few years yet...?
Great that it was set on standard hard road tyres unlike those pesky Caterhams with their road legal sticky semi-slicks.
I want a shot now. Anyone got a stopwatch and a big bit of tarmac? (not that I could get within more than a few seconds of Richard's time...)
Now a Zeroshift converted G50 might be quite interesting. Maybe knock a few tenths off that 0-100 time and put it out of reach for a few years yet...?
PetrolTed said:I like the flames on stopping.
New video showing the run from the rear:
www.pistonheads.tv/video.asp?id=101
Were you there PetrolTed/GMan? If so, I'm interested in the number of attempts to get the record and the repeatability/spread of the times - more from a driving perspective than one of knocking the achievement. What techniques were optimal for take-off and braking?
dinkel said:
I'm Pissed-on-Teds: he was there and we were not!
Thanx for this nice footage. With sound to yum . . . Doesn't sound like 8000 . . . but hell, who cares.
Stig does the trick next week?
Have a look at the in-car, Richard was changing up at about 7.5k!
Mine won't rev to that, but it would be interesting to have a go.
Stig said:
( . . . ) Doesn't sound like 8000 ( . . . )
Have a look at the in-car, Richard was changing up at about 7.5k!
( . . . )
Yep, I saw the needle go!
But still . . . 8000 from a big V8 sounds different compared to the 308 3.0 V8 I saw and heared few days ago.
Like it!
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