RE: New World Record

[Stig]

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.

[heightswitch]

What constitutes a Kit car?? I car made with componant parts from another vehicle perhaps?? What does that make an Aston martin then?

Sorry, Kit cars have come a long way and need to loose the stigma of a name so often used by uninformed people. Modern kit Cars are really limited production sports cars built with new parts and some very sophisticated new parts at that.

It all in my mind goes to prove that if car builders such as Ultima, TVR etc etc can build limited production sports cars for such a relatively paltry sum that can wipe a cloth over the production opposition which are commonly 2-3 to 6 times the price, then it shows just how much johnny public is being ripped off for their mass produced tin box.

hats off to these guys for keeping the British car industry alive.

neil.

PS A Rover, land rover and TVR owner.

[Balmoral Green]

Is there a table of the most deccelerative cars? a 60-0 list, that would make interesting reading, the top ten would surely be amongst the safest cars.

[turbobloke]

G Man said:

This was done at Millbrook on the mile straight, I think even an Ultima might struggle to do a 0-200-0 there

Maybe it could at Bruntingthorpe - GuyR's RGT2 has basically done just that and while the Ruf is a stunningly fast 911 I don't think it could match either the acceleration or retardation of that Ultima.
Amazing times, great news.

>> Edited by turbobloke on Friday 1st April 21:15

[G Man]

Here is a picture from today

[steve_D]

Has anything been done to the car since taking the record before?
If not then you must have come away knowing there was more in there and didn't tell us, shame on you.

Nice one. Waiting for the videos.

Steve

[gtr4me]

steve_D said:

Has anything been done to the car since taking the record before? If not then you must have come away knowing there was more in there and didn't tell us, shame on you. Nice one. Waiting for the videos. Steve

Well the extra 45BHP (685 vs. 640) might have had something to do with it :smile:

Also it would appear they shaved off 2/10ths reaction time between 100 and putting on the brakes, reaction time before was like 4/10, this time (have not seen the actual timing sheet yet) it looks to be 2/10 from the numbers posted on the opening page.

So it appears they shaved 1/10th off the 0-100 time, 2/10th off the reaction time from gas to brake pedal, and 1/10th off the 100-0 time.

>> Edited by gtr4me on Saturday 2nd April 00:33

[kzrd]

Congratulations to everybody involved.
That's almost two seconds faster than the special edition, 680bhp, £750,000 McLaren F1 LM!

www.mclarencars.com/content/sections/mainfr/feat.htm

[goo-goo-gjoob]

Wow. Congrats!

Which gear does the Ultima get to 60, 100 in?

[joust]

Well done guys! Excellent news.

J

[gtrclive]

Spot on Gman.... But just think you have also increased wieght of the car..... That Paint has to wieght something ...

[sjc]

How much does a factory built car to that spec cost?

[Nero5]

this is obviously fastest for 'production' car and excluding motorsports type cars?
There is a 260Z competing in Victorian Hillclimb events that is 730bhp 6.1lt chev, semi-auto, 4wd that is possibly as fast/faster...it is the current issue of Race Magazine. However it is an unrealistic comparison give the race nature of the car...what 'category' is the ultima 'the fastest'?

[FunkyNige]

goo-goo-gjoob said:

Wow. Congrats! Which gear does the Ultima get to 60, 100 in?

It reaches 100mph in 2nd gear! If you look at the the videos from the last run (linked from the article) you can see the onboard shot.

>> Edited by FunkyNige on Saturday 2nd April 12:33

[4WD]

seconded - how much for factory bulid to this spec?.....

[andygtt]

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.

[builder]

Nero5 said:

this is obviously fastest for 'production' car and excluding motorsports type cars? There is a 260Z competing in Victorian Hillclimb events that is 730bhp 6.1lt chev, semi-auto, 4wd that is possibly as fast/faster...it is the current issue of Race Magazine. However it is an unrealistic comparison give the race nature of the car...what 'category' is the ultima 'the fastest'?

Factory-built, street-legal... street-legal tires, exhaust, height, width, lights, mirrors, etc., etc., + + +

It is amazing that a 2200 lb. car can put that much power to the ground. Excellent chassis and suspension setup.

[andygtt]

builder said:

Factory-built, street-legal... street-legal tires, exhaust, height, width, lights, mirrors, etc., etc., + + +

actually I think Gman built his own car.

[builder]

kzrd said:

Congratulations to everybody involved. That's almost two seconds faster than the special edition, 680bhp, £750,000 McLaren F1 LM! www.mclarencars.com/content/sections/mainfr/feat.htm

Make some slight aero adjustments and change the transaxle gearing...you, too, could run at one mile every 15 seconds!

[dinkel]

www.amerspeed.com/

0-150 in 11.8 sec.

www.amerspeed.com/dynotestednew.htm

I think i pass . . . pretty brute power there. 454 is their biggest lump they work on. Wait till they get their hands on a 528 HEMI

www.mopartsracing.com/parts/blocks.html

Awesome achievement Ultima