RE: New World Record

[builder]

andygtt said:

actually I think Gman built his own car.

Good point. However, isn't the exact setup avaliable directly from the factory?

[RichUK]

I think I saw the car on the A420 just near to the Marston Roundabout about 2.15 this afternoon.

[Radical Mick]

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.

[steve_D]

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

[monkey boy 1]

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 ?

[monkey boy 1]

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.

5 Seconds faster .... I wanna see that

[darren]

Why don't we all just email [e-mail] with a request. If they get enough emails about it they'll surely consider it.

[DHGTR]

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

[mybrainhurts]

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......

[davefiddes]

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!

[peterpsg]

Hey Gman,
did you use the Kuhmo tyres for the run ???

[Paul.B]

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

[GuyR]

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

[G Man]

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

[ninjaboy]

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.

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

[G Man]

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

[ninjaboy]

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.

[ditto]

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

[andygtt]

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. 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.

[dinkel]

andygtt said:

...(caterham R500 is better on the brakes!) ...

Ultima looks soooooooo much better. I wonder what a V8 Radical does . . .