v8 ariel, anyone?

[loveice]

saw a ULTIMA GTR yesterday in tesco car park. noise! noise! noise! nothing is better than the 7L V8 noise! but the ultima looks awful........too much body work!

so a chevy 7L V8 ariel comes to my mind. or a twin-turbo charged 7L V8 (over 1000bhp) in an ariel, anyone? weight should be less than 650kg. F1 eater!!!

[Bruce Fielding]

Strangely, Simon is thinking about a car with serious horses... watch this space...

[Ultimasimon]

loveice said:

saw a ULTIMA GTR yesterday in tesco car park. noise! noise! noise! nothing is better than the 7L V8 noise! but the ultima looks awful........too much body work! so a chevy 7L V8 ariel comes to my mind. or a twin-turbo charged 7L V8 (over 1000bhp) in an ariel, anyone? weight should be less than 650kg. F1 eater!!!

That is SO funny. I love the Ariels and was seriously considering one myself before I bought the Ult, but I wanted torque and lots of it and when I saw my Ultima at the fatcory (second-hand I might add) I just loved the body work - it is a beautiful car..so had to have one. Isn't it great how everyones opinion is different but acceptable on PH?

I too went after the F1 performance dream and that is why I ended up with the Ultima. I have a theoretical 700+ hp per 950kg's (ish - with nitrous - any takers on here with that??), so am defo pushing 700hp/tonne, but sadly even the Peter Knight Race engine (chevrolet) runs out of breath at 7k, so the F1 dream (18,000 ) will forever remain a dream. I have a relatively modest power compared to some

An Ultima is UGLY compared to a Ariel? Pure class...

For all you "chassis perverts" out there here's a link to a naked babe. www.ultimasports.co.uk/gtr/design.html and www.ultimasimon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk for a 'dressed' one.

PS, keep the forum going guys, it's all good stuff.

Edited to say although the Ultima chassis IS ugly compared to the Atom's work of art, the funcionality is that these chassis are good for 1000+ hp... A TT'd V8 in an Atom?? More like a jet-turbine propelled Twiglet, or a steerable V2 rocket me thinks

>> Edited by Ultimasimon on Thursday 9th October 23:34