Mattie

Anyone know much about these?

0-60mph - 2.7sec
0-100mph - 5.5 sec
0-150mph - 11.8 sec
30-70mph - 2.0 sec

Top Speed - 231mph (gearing limited)

Supposedly, these cars are a second quicker to 150mph than a McLaren F1

and these can be bought in kit form for around £35k-£40k.

plynchy

Bloke who rebuilt my engine has a red one. Awesome bit of kit,got a big supercharged chevy in it.
Was at TOTB last year,very quick.

MadMac

Yep they build em over in lecstiershire, went to the factory to see em being made, awsome, awsome, awsome cars

CossieRob

I saw one break his prop at LeMans this year trying a flat out launch on Mad Friday - Monster car!! some of the fattest rear wheels i've ever seen!

Mattie

Claimed as the fastest production car in the world

All for under £40k!!

Benn 304R

his my neighbour lol, fixed now though.
If your talking about the same one that is? Red one and blew the bearings out in the driveshaft or something.

Tony Ryan

A pal has a 500 + YB powered one on a G50 Transaxle , very quick , its a spyder version too so ruins your hair !

Mattie

Tony,

Did the use of the YB reduce the overall build cost??

Am sure you could build one of these for around the £30k mark

Benn 304R

Not if ya want some of the options lol, alcantera is mega money in these and the spoiler is about £3k.

I would only use a v8 personally, yb would look lost i should imagine

You cant beat the sound of a well tuned V8 imo

plynchy

Agreed. Don't need hissing and whistling when you've got REAL grunty noises.

Mattie

Yeah, think you are right guys, wouldn't be the same without the V8

The basic build is about £15k + VAT excluding engine and box

BUT on Accessory Page.....

Rear Spoiler = £1650 + VAT
Exhaust = £1760 + VAT
Seats = £800 + VAT
Wheels = £2000 + VAT
Tyres = £1100 + VAT

Tony Ryan

Think he built the whole thing for the right side of 25k , the engine was out of a GGR Prepped 3dr he had anyway so that saved a few quid ,he dry sumped it , added RS 500 plenum and freshend it up , this was a lot quicker than a V8 powered one and prepped by my pal who works for the DAMS leMans team so it was a proper car , not a road car with Alcantara seats and an ashtray ! Whatever spanks your monkey tho as far as the sound goes , V8s annoy me with the drone and lack of revs , i had a TVR V8 powered 7 type thing and fookin nearly deafened me at Goodwood , bloody thing .

plynchy

Really??? Never come across a Cossie as quick as the figures above,ever.

Mattie

Where's Rod

CossieRob

Benn 304R Yeah that was the one - awesome car looked well fast when it was going, i helped him push it off the roundabout, and when he popped the engine.. wow, i could have eaten me dinner off it!

Though i don't think he was too impressed when some muppet started spraying water through his drivers window just after it happend - who would be!

How did he get it back?

Benn 304R

back of a lorry, on time, all fixed and running again
Cant belive they use granada driveshafts lol

Mattie

They rate the driveshafts up to 1000bhp

Mattie

Not standard Granada driveshafts though

DRIVE SHAFTS


Specially manufactured drive shafts are made in S155 steel more commonly found in Formula 1 cars


Half the weight of a conventional Ford unit and capable of taking up to 1000bhp


Joints at either end are Lobros ball type which bolt directly to the transaxle and hub flanges

Jim Galbally

and what exactly do you think they fitted to your cosworth then? hardly cutting edge technology

CossieRob

Before it went bang it was looking quick - Granada drivshafts! with the grip those rear tyres must have, i'm not surprised they waved the white flag!

WD Pro

The one with the 0 - 100 - 0 record was on the same cmapsite as me at Le Mans.

One hell of a car

Mattie

0-100-0 in 10.3 seconds

cossies4eva

wasnt there a new record set at brunters in which they did 0-100-0 in under 10seconds?

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Some pictures

Mattie

Over 1000 bhp/tonne

Mattie

What bike engine are they using?

The Ultima weighs just under a tonne with the V8 motor and must be a similar weight with two bike engines.

Each engine must be producing around 500bhp

Reckon the two turbos must help

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

Mattie, Hyabusa Engine, done by a company called Holeshot Racing


Known for a 500bhp drive in drive out conversion in a mini

Using again the hyabusa engine but they mid mount it

chris-m

the red one from last year at totb has now been twin turboed and is coming back next week, it is apparently circa 900bhp according to steve who owns it.

andyhardy

[checks amount in piggy bank]

me123

i was reading on the website ages ago that the 2 engines are turbod aswell, and one is running the rear wheels, one is running the front wheels

Anonymous

Very fast car indeed it managed 204 at Brunters & holds the 0-100-0 world record.

Much faster than mine off the Line.

However in gear i would give him a shock.
100-150 Ultima 6.3
Mine did 6.1 at Brunters yesterday with a 60 year old geratric drivin .

Daviet

how many cosworths do you see that light
what would rods engine in the ultima do
new project rod when your bored

Andreas

Considering the EVO test car managed 7mpg or something perhaps a YB aint that bad.

Some guys over here are building one each and are fitting aluminium v8, turbo at aim for 1000+ bhp.