Hellfire
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 posted on 26/6/06 at 07:09 PM |
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Ultima GTR Quarter Mile
Courtesy of Totalkitcar.com
Following swiftly on from last week’s Ultima Sports story……the company have amazingly recorded yet another blistering statistic in their multiple
world record holding Ultima GTR supercar. Driven by Ultima director, Richard Marlow, the GTR recorded a standing ¼ mile time of 9.9secs with a 143mph
terminal speed at the FIA approved and verified Santa Pod Raceway. The GTR road car used for the run was the same factory standard production
specification road car Ultima GTR720 demonstrator, which has recently smashed the 0-100mph-0-world record. It was fitted with a 720bhp Chevrolet V8
engine, from Ultima OE engine suppliers American Speed, a standard 5-speed Porsche G50 transmission and road tyres. The GTR720 was pitched against a
standard 345bhp Corvette C5, which doubled as a camera car to help demonstrate the mind-boggling performance of the Ultima, compared to other
recognised ‘fast road’ cars. The Santa Pod drag strip was utilised as it has the fully sanctioned FIA-approved timing equipment rather than the less
than accurate timing methods used at some speed events. Richard Marlow commented, “We knew that the standard factory-spec car was more than capable of
achieving a standing quarter mile time of this calibre, and it shows once again its performance superiority over other supercars. We performed several
runs on the day, all of which were in the sub-10secs category, and the GTR has a great deal more attributes to it than that of performing standing ¼
mile drag runs, but nevertheless this is a historical and worldwide reputed statistic that we wanted to beat in order to demonstrate what our standard
product can do. Clearly there is plenty more potential for the GTR on the drag strip if the runs had been carried out during a competitive event and
if the car was optimised for such use, but that is not something we will be pursuing further. We are delighted that these times are significantly
quicker than all other supercars”. Quite. And once congratulations to Ultima Sports for spanking the supercar crowd…
(It's a good job they didn't enter the Castrol Challenge, otherwise the MK's would be even further down the table......  )
Phil
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 07:46 PM |
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We will have to get down to pod againPhil,before the end of the year,see if we can move back up the table again,I am sure we can all improve,now the
weathers a bit warmer
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RazMan
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 08:41 PM |
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Didn't they do this a couple of weeks back? 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Hellfire
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 09:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
We will have to get down to pod againPhil,before the end of the year,see if we can move back up the table again,I am sure we can all improve,now the
weathers a bit warmer
Yeah definitely. New clutch might be in order after York.
quote:
Originally posted by Chris Mason
i'd have a better chance if i could sort the new project out
Chris
Just don't forget to attach the wheelie bar to stop it flippin over backwards.
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 09:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
i'd have a better chance if i could sort the new project out
Chris
The lenghts you will go,to win a MK cap
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