Ultima GT kit car around Top Gear Track!

[JET]

Yep, good track car. It also holds the 0-150-0 record. They use a LS engine usually and a Porsche G50 series tranny. There is another kit car that I like better, the FFR GTM. I have drooled over them since before they came out. This kit is 20k and you need a donor C5 Vette (under 10k for a banged up one) and Porsche G50 tranny. 2300 lbs finished weight!

http://www.factoryfive.com/photogalleries/gtm/beauty/DSC01330.jpg

[Halon]

Wow that looks awesome. I could not even imagine trying to piece together a kit car.

[FattyBoomBatty]

lol, fuck the 4g63 in a car like that, buy a v12 out of a jag or a bmw or mercedes, but christ, why shoot yourself in the foot with a 4g63?

picture this: kit supercar with turbo 4g63 4 banger.

Now picture this: kit supercar with a twin turbo v12 merc. powerplant.

I don't care how much I love one engine over another, this is a matter of principle.

[Super Bleeder!!]

I agree. If i had a badass kit car capable of taking a large motor i would try and use the largest one i could afford. :)

A badass alloy 8 Liter plus v8/10/12 would be an entirely different world of awesome.

[Super Bleeder!!]

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RCR Superlite. Built in the USA

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f152/81131d1211109494-superlite-coupe-ls7-img_4580.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/mreid/Carisle%20PA%202008/GT-40156.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/mreid/Carisle%20PA%202008/GT-40168.jpg

[scheides]

That FFR's pretty cool, but the coolest thing about the Ultima is that you do not need a donor car for it at all. Going 4G63 in it, basically would be to keep cost/complexity down, and maybe even weight. An evo IX crate motor is around $4k with manifolds, turbo and everything. You could get it running on that, then throw another few thousand at it and make it faster.

[Super Bleeder!!]

That FFR's pretty cool, but the coolest thing about the Ultima is that you do not need a donor car for it at all.

The donor car aspect is what makes the FFR superior in my mind. I would have much greater confidence using suspension pieces off of a proven, well-engineered vehicle such as the vette. Especially when the vette was designed to haul 3100ish pounds around a track.

Also in case anyone was wondering the RCR ultralite roller is $44k http://www.superlitecars.com/coupe_spec.html

[scheides]

Hrm, very very very true.

[JET]

Yes, the SL-C is bad ass also, much like the Ultima. I am sure it will handle better than the GTM, both of those are basically street legal race cars. The GTM is a little more street oriented and I think it looks better also. I think you will agree that the interior of the GTM is much more production car also.

http://www.factoryfive.com/gtm/gallery/ls6/images/blackgtmint2.jpg

Here is a prototype of their race version.

http://www.factoryfive.com/gtm/gallery/track/images/B2-2.jpg

[scheides]

See, I look at that and think Ford GT, kinda a turn-off for me. The Ultima is just bad-ass because it looks like nothing else. A real GT1 car.

http://media.techeblog.com/images/ultima_1.jpg