Subject	No, not my kit ... (I wish .. but I want black) :)
Posted by	markpearl91tt on March 05, 2002 at 12:43 AM
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In Reply To	thats awesome!! is that YOUR kit??? damn. what kinda engine posted by Pure-Evil on March 05, 2002 at 12:14 AM
Message	There's a number of sites dedicated to the building of the Ultima kits. I just stole a couple pictures from them and the main Ultima site ([ www.ultimasports.co.uk ]). When ultima makes your kit, they can design it for whatever engine you want to use ... I don't know if I'd rather go with some kind of a turbocharger V6 or just a basic, big V8. Chevy V8's can be had for cheap ... even a used LS1 isn't that expensive. The kit is also designed to use a new or used porsche transaxle. Right now, the going price for the entire kit (minus the engine and transaxle) is $21,000. You can buy them fully built, but they cost $98,000. ([ http://www.ultimacars.com/ ]) I would much rather build it on my own ... a hobby to spend as long as I want building it. The only thing that I would definitly want to improve on would be the interior ... the stock interior on this car is rather bleak. Oh, Car and Driver got a hold of one of these and did a review on it. So if you don't want to take my word on it, here's what they had to say: Car and Driver Review Lastly, I managed to find one video of a GTR in action ... I'm don't remember what engine it had in it (they vary a lot). I've seen these with twin turbo V6's (popular in Africa), but most have tuned chevy V8's. Here's the link (it's big ... 17.1MB) BIG Video or here's a "smaller" version of the video (9.0MB) Smaller Big Video Lastly, more pics for free ...
Follow Ups	anyone here ever built a KIT CAR? if so, was it difficult? - Pure-Evil 23:00:08 03/04/02 Depends on the kit man. If you choose a car like the 427> - Cinzy(OH) 23:04:27 03/04/02 EXTREMELY expensive, and EXTREMELY time consuming. - ni[x]it 23:05:16 03/04/02 can you just hear his posts now??? (n/m) - HaloZ• 00:06:58 03/05/02 So you're saying this wasn't expensive or time consuming: - markpearl91tt 02:57:04 03/05/02 Not yet, but I will as soon as I have the $$ - markpearl91tt 23:47:28 03/04/02 thats awesome!! is that YOUR kit??? damn. what kinda engine - Pure-Evil 00:14:22 03/05/02 No, not my kit ... (I wish .. but I want black) :) - markpearl91tt 00:43:10 03/05/02 89k assembled, 50k unassembled(and skimping on a few things> - CRuNK™ 01:07:17 03/05/02 Mark said 21K minus engine/translaxle below - SeedyRom 02:07:37 03/05/02 That's only if you buy it through the US site ... - markpearl91tt 02:16:38 03/05/02 I meant they suggest a 350 over a smaller, lighter engine>>> - CRuNK™ 09:14:38 03/05/02 very difficult long job and costs at least twice as much as> - Got Boost? 00:02:15 03/05/02 He installs an interior, now he wants to build a car! - SeedyRom 02:13:54 03/05/02 I did a pop charger too! - markpearl91tt 02:40:20 03/05/02 Try building a slicktop TT. :) My project was 'kit' enuf.. (n/m) - AshsZ (Fab Whore, Ph.D) 08:47:07 03/05/02
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