bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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We have fitted a new diff into the kit car, sierra type 9 with a 4.2.7 ratio, top end has been dropped by 10-15 mph, but my god does it go!
0-60 we timed as 4.0 seconds and 0-100 was about 9.7 seconds!
This was with one of them gps things unsure on name!
40-80 is just a few seconds its scary!!
I love the damn thing soo much!
And also the ultima we built and sold now holds the uks fastets 0-100-0 record of 9.8 seconds!!
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JOPO
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Registered: 17th Jun 04
Location: ayrshire
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must eb scary :-O
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lewie
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Registered: 21st Feb 05
Location: Home: Orkney Uni: Edinburgh
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the gold one from your garage?
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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LOl thats my car,
This one:
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bradfincham
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here is videos and information on the ultima
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/record.html
we sold it and then the new owner beat the reocrd!!
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Rapido  I was watching sum thing on M&M TV last nite on 1/4 milers there was an old RX& which was stupid fast the back tyres must have been about 120 profile  bounced soooo much on gear change think it did about 11 sec 1/4 mile
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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Good thing about the kit car, u can do full throttle launches at 9k rpm and it wont spin, it just grips and youre at 35 mph within a second or 2, then into second and youre at 60 straight away!!!
The new one which will be at trax hopefully will be faster and much nicer!!
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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is that a west field thingy? and an ae86 engine?
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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4age engine from mr2, corrolla, and its a stuart taylor chassis!!
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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4-AGE engine.
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Phil321
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Registered: 10th Mar 01
Location: Manchester
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What was the Ultima like to drive?
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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right hand gear change, was very heavy, not my thing but if you put your foot down it just launched! Juts like a gt car really
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Phil321
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Registered: 10th Mar 01
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Yea, I was looking at a pic earlier and noticed the right hand gear change.
Why is it on the right?
Was the clutch heavy?
Also, was the ride as harsh as you'd expect?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
4age engine from mr2, corrolla, and its a stuart taylor chassis!!
yeh a corrolla ae86 jesus man your living the dream!
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bradfincham
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ah sorry i didnt realise the ae86 was the model!!
yeh the gear change was ok but lumpy!
The locorage (green one) is the worst as is a race clutch and box, so it hardlt moves between gears! Plus the clutch is either up or down!!
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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Wowza !!
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
4age engine from mr2, corrolla, and its a stuart taylor chassis!!
yeh a corrolla ae86 jesus man your living the dream!
Its not an ae86 engine!
Its a 4AGE angine.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Would it be a good idea to put a C20LET into a kit car and tune it to EDS phase 3? 
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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nope turbo is not something you want in a kit car!
Thats why lots of people use cossie YB engines but take the turbo off, boost mid corner in a car that weighs 500 kg is not fun!!
Ive been in a cossie turbo dax rush, was soo fast but round corners driver said it was too twitchy to be able to push it!!
best configuration - were putting a honda s2000 engine on tb's into the new kitcar!!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Ah, thought that would be the case. Was wondering why I'd never seen a turbo'd one though...
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
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xe's on tbs used to be the thing to have but now the price of the jap engines has come down so lots of people go that way, like us with the s2000
overall build cost of engine and tb's wont be much more than 6k, thats including 3k for engine box, diff and wiring!!
You spend 3k on a xe and try to get 300 bhp!!
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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s2k engine yes
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Yea, £3k on an XE would only get you to about 210-220bhp...
I think I need a kit car, gonna wait til I get to uni and then build one from scratch I'll hopefully be on the way to being an engineer though by then....
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Would a poopercharged engine be as bad?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Guess it would depend on chassis design.... Those Atoms have supercharged VTEC's in them... Though they are technically not a kit car.
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