Ultima Breaks its own World Record....again!

[Coventrysucks]

Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout

I don't know, I thought he was talking about track cars that are road legal but are meant mostly only for the track.

I was responding to Land Quail's remark about 'why buy a trackday car that is road legal when you can get a 2nd hand race car for the same money?'

You'd need to trailer for a race car, but you wouldn't for a "trackday special" - Porsche GT3RS/ 360CS/ Ariel Atom/ Radical/ Ultima, etc,.

Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout

And my post was one on concern. For example if you drove an FQ400 through heavy traffic about 20 miles to a track, would the clutch need "cool-down time" when you got there? The stock clutch harnesses a lot of power...

Through heavy traffic you are going to be doing a lot of stop start, so you would be using the clutch a lot, but since you're only going to be doing about 5-10mph when you are moving, you aren't going to be putting a lot of stress through the clutch since you won't be doing any full-bore standing starts.

Most of the time you could probably pull away with the engine idling.

[Jack_Bauer]

ULTIMA FACTORY STORMS THE STANDING QUARTER MILE

The Ultima Factory has recorded yet another blistering statistic in the multiple world record holding Ultima GTR supercar. Driven by Ultima director, Richard Marlow, the GTR recorded a standing ¼ mile time of 9.9secs @ 143mph terminal speed at the FIA approved and verified Santa Pod Raceway.

The Ultima GTR road car used for the run was the same factory’s 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 the OE engine suppliers American Speed, a standard 5-speed 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 GTR720, compared to other recognized fast road cars. The Santa Pod drag strip was utilized 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 caliber, 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, The Ultima 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 record in order to demonstrate what our standard product can run. 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 optimized for such use, but that is not something we will be pursuing further. We are delighted that the standard road tyred GTR can run 9 secs quarters consistently with ease, and that these times are significantly quicker than all other supercars.

STANDING QUARTER MILE COMPARISON FIGURES

Ultima GTR 9.9secs @143mph

Ferrari Enzo 11.1secs@133mph

Porsche Carrera GT 11.3secs@131mph

McLaren F1 11.6secs@125mph

Saleen S7 11.8secs@119mph

Porsche Ruf R Turbo 11.9secs@122mph

Lamborghini Murcielago 12.0secs@121mph

Ford GT40 12.2secs@121mph

Lamborghini Gallardo 12.3secs@117mph

Porsche 996 Turbo 12.4secs@115mph

Porsche 911 GT3 12.4secs@113mph

Ferrari 360 12.9secs@110mph

Corvette C5 13.4secs@107mph

Honda NSX 13.4secs@105mph

Porsche Boxster S 14.2secs@99mph

Videos:-

http://www.ultimacars.com/video/quartermile2006-1.wmv

http://www.ultimacars.com/video/quartermile2006-2.wmv

http://www.ultimacars.com/video/quartermile2006-3.wmv

http://www.ultimacars.com/video/quartermile2006-4.wmv

[2ndclasscitizen]

Is the Ultima any faster with the G60 gearbox? They list it as an option on their site but I've seen any of their tests use it. I imagine the 6-speed would be geared shorter and give better acceleration

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

Is the Ultima any faster with the G60 gearbox? They list it as an option on their site but I've seen any of their tests use it. I imagine the 6-speed would be geared shorter and give better acceleration

Actually you lose time when changing gears, so I suppose that with the immense torque the V8 has it can be faster with the 5-sped gearbox, as it can make up for longer gear ratios and you lose less time than if you had to change gear more often.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Yeah, I spose you're right, i hadn't really thought of that.