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New owner - Black GTR 6.3L Supercharged AS engine, G50 box with LSD, AP Brakes, gold split rim wheels & gold aluminium panels throughout.
Recently bought this car, my first Ultima, intend to use it for racing only in Castle Combe GT Championship. I'm looking to find out anything & everything about this particular car & any info on serious modifications for a full race car. so far I know my car has an odd build history. bought as a kit in 2001 by a Mr John Askrew, who part built it between then & 2005, it appears to have nothing done after that until 2013 when it was returned to the factory to be completed, they also did the IVA & registered the car, it was then sold through a dealer to the first registered owner in Scotland. First owner covered 500 miles in it & then sold it back to the same dealer, it was sold again in 2015 to a guy in Essex who ran it with the plate ' UL11TMA', there are various You Tube clips of him taking it around Europe, he also had the wheels & rear wing mounts anodised gold. I bought it a few weeks ago from a dealer in Marlow with 4,500 miles on it. So far I have covered approximately 150 miles in it on the road, it is now being prepared for racing. Apart from the obvious race bits that have to be done, we have fitted 10.5" front & 12.5" rear Image wheels, fitted with Pirelli slicks, fitted an updated, new MSD ignition system with boost control, fitted a full flat floor, and are in the process of fitting a rear diffuser, improved side air ducts / scoops & the next job is to fit a decent front splitter & canards, along with vented front wheel arches. We have also tidied up the engine bay & have improved the air flow to it, as well as putting in much heat sheilding, relocated the engine oil cooler, removed the air con system & modified the exhaust system. I am not familiar with the chevy engine, we used to run a BMW M6 V10 race car prior to this, so the chevy seems quite crude in comparison, but it is putting out around 610BHP so plenty of power for our needs, but I would be interested in any information about this engine set up please. I have spoken with the factory, Steve Smith (recommended to me) & MacG Racing, all of whom were very helpful. Thats it, Thanks, Doug
Recently bought this car, my first Ultima, intend to use it for racing only in Castle Combe GT Championship. I'm looking to find out anything & everything about this particular car & any info on serious modifications for a full race car. so far I know my car has an odd build history. bought as a kit in 2001 by a Mr John Askrew, who part built it between then & 2005, it appears to have nothing done after that until 2013 when it was returned to the factory to be completed, they also did the IVA & registered the car, it was then sold through a dealer to the first registered owner in Scotland. First owner covered 500 miles in it & then sold it back to the same dealer, it was sold again in 2015 to a guy in Essex who ran it with the plate ' UL11TMA', there are various You Tube clips of him taking it around Europe, he also had the wheels & rear wing mounts anodised gold. I bought it a few weeks ago from a dealer in Marlow with 4,500 miles on it. So far I have covered approximately 150 miles in it on the road, it is now being prepared for racing. Apart from the obvious race bits that have to be done, we have fitted 10.5" front & 12.5" rear Image wheels, fitted with Pirelli slicks, fitted an updated, new MSD ignition system with boost control, fitted a full flat floor, and are in the process of fitting a rear diffuser, improved side air ducts / scoops & the next job is to fit a decent front splitter & canards, along with vented front wheel arches. We have also tidied up the engine bay & have improved the air flow to it, as well as putting in much heat sheilding, relocated the engine oil cooler, removed the air con system & modified the exhaust system. I am not familiar with the chevy engine, we used to run a BMW M6 V10 race car prior to this, so the chevy seems quite crude in comparison, but it is putting out around 610BHP so plenty of power for our needs, but I would be interested in any information about this engine set up please. I have spoken with the factory, Steve Smith (recommended to me) & MacG Racing, all of whom were very helpful. Thats it, Thanks, Doug
Thanks for all your replies. The previous owner had used Dub Customs to install an AIM MXL race dash & a few other electronics bits plus a race steering wheel & boss. I am based near Bath, and only plan to run the car at Castle Combe Circuit, these are sprint races only 20 minutes long, not endurance races like Mac G Racing so my requirements are different. I think we have taken care of the basics like heat / cooling, and whilst I would like a sequential box in the car, we are going to run with the present engine & box set up this season whilst we look to develop the aero & handling then perhaps change the drive train for next year, I expect this season to be a 'work in progress' year. I will post the dates we are going to run at Combe on here & any visitors would be greatly welcomed. Thanks.
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