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Hi all,
Just a short note to say a big "thank you"
to Bruce for organising a great day, Linda and myself really enjoyed that one.
A real shame you had to leave early,you missed JC drooling over the Atom, he even acknowledged the three mad fools who had driven to the show in theirs.
To Ross... thanks for the help after the show.
Mark
Just a short note to say a big "thank you"
to Bruce for organising a great day, Linda and myself really enjoyed that one. A real shame you had to leave early,you missed JC drooling over the Atom, he even acknowledged the three mad fools who had driven to the show in theirs.
To Ross... thanks for the help after the show.
Mark
A competition open only for those who didn't go:
Have a guess where the supercharged Atom ended up on the Top Gear Power Lap Times list...
Ferrari F60 Enzo - 1:19.0
Porsche Carerra GT - 1:19.8
Mercedes McLaren SLR- 1.20.9
Ford GT - 1.21.9
Ferrari 360 CS - 1.22.3
Porsche GT3 RS - 1.22.3
Murcielago - 1.23.7
Zonda - 1.23.8
Koenigsegg - 1.23.9
Noble - 1.25.0
Gallardo - 1.25.8
Lotus Exige - 1.26.4
Chevrolet Corvette - 1.26.8
Porsche 911 GT3 - 1.27.2
TVR 350c - 1.27.5
BMW M3 CSL - 1.28.0
MG SV - 1.28.6
Porsche 911 Carrera S - 1.28.9 (very wet)
Mitsubishi Evo VIII - 1.28.9
BMW Alpine Z8 - 1.29.0
Mercedes CL65 - 1.29
Alfa 3.7 GTA - 1.30.0
Subaru Impreza STI - 1.30.1
Aston Martin DB7 GT - 1.30.4
Audi S4 - 1.30.9
Porsche 911 turbo - 1.31.0
Vauxhall VX 220 turbo - 1.31.3
Honda NSX Type R - 1.31.6
BMW M3 - 1.31.8
Nissan 350Z - 1.31.8
Mazda RX8 - 1.31.8
Ford Focus RS - 1.32.2
Lotus Esprit V8 - 1.32.5
Audi TT V6 - 1.32.7
MG ZT - 1.33
Noble - 1.33.1
Mercedes SL 55 AMG - 1.33.2
Volkswagen Golf R32 - 1.33.2
Volvo S60R - 1.35.0
Ferrari 575 - 1.35.2
Alfa 147 GTA - 1.35.6
Lotus Elise - 1.35.6
Aston Martin Vanquish - 1.36.2
Renault Clio v6 - 1.36.2
Honda Civic Type R - 1.36.5
Saab 95 hot aero - 1.37.9
Mazzer - 1.38.0
Bowler Wildcat - 1.39.4
Bentley Arnarge - 1.40.8
Overfinch - 1.44.0
Have a guess where the supercharged Atom ended up on the Top Gear Power Lap Times list...
Ferrari F60 Enzo - 1:19.0
Porsche Carerra GT - 1:19.8
Mercedes McLaren SLR- 1.20.9
Ford GT - 1.21.9
Ferrari 360 CS - 1.22.3
Porsche GT3 RS - 1.22.3
Murcielago - 1.23.7
Zonda - 1.23.8
Koenigsegg - 1.23.9
Noble - 1.25.0
Gallardo - 1.25.8
Lotus Exige - 1.26.4
Chevrolet Corvette - 1.26.8
Porsche 911 GT3 - 1.27.2
TVR 350c - 1.27.5
BMW M3 CSL - 1.28.0
MG SV - 1.28.6
Porsche 911 Carrera S - 1.28.9 (very wet)
Mitsubishi Evo VIII - 1.28.9
BMW Alpine Z8 - 1.29.0
Mercedes CL65 - 1.29
Alfa 3.7 GTA - 1.30.0
Subaru Impreza STI - 1.30.1
Aston Martin DB7 GT - 1.30.4
Audi S4 - 1.30.9
Porsche 911 turbo - 1.31.0
Vauxhall VX 220 turbo - 1.31.3
Honda NSX Type R - 1.31.6
BMW M3 - 1.31.8
Nissan 350Z - 1.31.8
Mazda RX8 - 1.31.8
Ford Focus RS - 1.32.2
Lotus Esprit V8 - 1.32.5
Audi TT V6 - 1.32.7
MG ZT - 1.33
Noble - 1.33.1
Mercedes SL 55 AMG - 1.33.2
Volkswagen Golf R32 - 1.33.2
Volvo S60R - 1.35.0
Ferrari 575 - 1.35.2
Alfa 147 GTA - 1.35.6
Lotus Elise - 1.35.6
Aston Martin Vanquish - 1.36.2
Renault Clio v6 - 1.36.2
Honda Civic Type R - 1.36.5
Saab 95 hot aero - 1.37.9
Mazzer - 1.38.0
Bowler Wildcat - 1.39.4
Bentley Arnarge - 1.40.8
Overfinch - 1.44.0
jaker said:
didnt a radical do it in 1:16 or did i dream that?
I think the Radical did about 1.17 (I might be wrong though), but they've taken it off the list because they couldn't class it as something you could realistically use on the roads - whereas the Atom you can.
Top Gear use a speed hump test - which the Radical failed.
jaker said:
so my guess is 1:18.5
That's what it ought to have been I reckon
Stig seemed to run wide on a couple of corners so that figure's a bit quick. >> Edited by ross.mcw on Thursday 25th November 18:11
Sorry for the delay in saying thanks to Bruce for the tickets and organising it all, it was a good laugh and less standing about than I thought.
Tom did say that they could have played about with a few things like brakes, set up on camber and he thought that they would have had upto a second less!!!! I guess they could have even gone for the wing kit as well.
If they really wanted to they could have put larger injectors and a diffrent pully on the supercharger but your getting into Radical areas of having to rebuild every few weeks!
But Tom stressed that this is set up exactly as for the road and they weren't getting into games of supplying one off just to get lap times or records.
It would be nice to have a lay out of the track. I've been told that it was amended a couple of time during the design to add some very long fast sections as all the supercars were being left for dead by Elise etc.
Badge
>> Edited by badge70 on Tuesday 30th November 10:08
Tom did say that they could have played about with a few things like brakes, set up on camber and he thought that they would have had upto a second less!!!! I guess they could have even gone for the wing kit as well.
If they really wanted to they could have put larger injectors and a diffrent pully on the supercharger but your getting into Radical areas of having to rebuild every few weeks!
But Tom stressed that this is set up exactly as for the road and they weren't getting into games of supplying one off just to get lap times or records.
It would be nice to have a lay out of the track. I've been told that it was amended a couple of time during the design to add some very long fast sections as all the supercars were being left for dead by Elise etc.
Badge
>> Edited by badge70 on Tuesday 30th November 10:08
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