got my ultima

[dal2litrefrogeye]

Hi from a few months back ( about the start of the summer ) iv asked quite a few newbie type questions and thanks to all that anserwed them , and armed with the knowledge i was learning i started to look for a GTR and after the longest 2 weeks since i gave David the diposit ( waiting for banks to move my money around etc ) i finally picked MY Ultima up yesterday all i can say is WOW !

[UltimaCH]

Great news and am certain you will enjoy. Any photos yet?

[qwick]

Excellent! Congratulations, spec and pics please.

[dal2litrefrogeye]

?Hi its got a 500 brake A S small block chevy engine and g50 box c/w ap brakes the rest is as factory demo type build , the guy i bought it off built it with a fair few returns to the factory for their input too , it was 1st regersterd in may 07 but still only done just over 1100 miles and thats including me driving back from nottingham to kent , it drives lovely :-) oh yeah how long does it take to get used to the right hand gear change

[Steve_D]

dal2litrefrogeye said:

.......how long does it take to get used to the right hand gear change?

Nottingham to Kent should be enough.

Steve

Fixed your pics for you.

[Steve_D]

When do we see it lined up with your other toys?

Steve

[SteveTBrown]

Have fun mate! I bought one back in June and it's just the best road car I've ever driven.

Right hand gear change is a doddle after a couple of drives. Watch out for Mr Plod - you'll be a lot more obvious now compared to whatever you used to drive!

[robm3]

Steve_D said:

When do we see it lined up with your other toys?

Steve

+1

Great to see a true petrolhead getting into an Ultima.

The Ultima forum is brilliant by the way, plenty of good advice and interesting stuff here.

[pilbeam_mp62]

Looks great !
I am sure you will be very pleased with it.
Best of Luck

Regards

[Whitean3]

Steve_D said:

I like the "Danger: High Noise Levels" sign in the background

[V8Dom]

hi

Good luck and enjoy...

be carefull in the damp and you will certainly never find a car as fast or photographed as i have found out since getting mine in May..

Dom

[dal2litrefrogeye]

oh yeas on the way back down the m1 i couldnt belive the amount of other people in cars taking photos ( i just hope my hair looked ok ) my garage has now become the red garage :-)

[60mph]

How did you find your A/S engine ? Is it carb ?

Frank

[Steve_D]

dal2litrefrogeye said:

.... i just hope my hair looked ok..........

Don't worry about the hair.........the only thing that will stand out in a photo will be the ear to ear grin.

Steve

[dal2litrefrogeye]

Hi Frank, on the engine question ? yeah good the oil pressure stayed rock solid it never got hot and ran like a dream yes its on carb and it pulls like a train and on my gental drive back ( no more than 3000 rpm ) returned above 20 to the gallon so far so good , any reason for asking ? :-)

[dal2litrefrogeye]

er just tagging this on to the end of my last post , the "any reason for asking " ? was ment in the im open to any sugestions way ,not mind your own business way , wow now iv confused myself

[60mph]

No reason for asking ; it's just that I havn't talked to anyone with a similaer setup to mine . I improved the idle screw settings ; if you want to know how , ring me . I took sump and rocker covers off and all the torque settings were OK and not one particle of dirt or swarf anywhere . Very pleased with my Am SP engine . I havn't got a clue how you kept below 3000 rpm . The first time I drove I was on the limiter in 3rd 200metres from the house !

Enjoy !
Frank

[UltimaCH]

60mph said:

The first time I drove I was on the limiter in 3rd 200metres from the house !

Don't you warm up the engine, water and oil before flooring it?

Edited by UltimaCH on Wednesday 11th November 10:48

[martinlaw]

If you 'floor' these tuned engines before the oil temp (not water temp) is up to around 70 degrees they will not last long even with the best oil money can buy.

[60mph]

Don't worry ; the lane from our house to the take off strip is 1/2 mile long and very slow ,so by the time I get there it's OK. Oil still golden on 800 miles .

Frank