This would have to be the best air cooled porsche powered car of all time !

[POVI]

How about a 3.6 bolted into one of these Ultima GTR car bodies ..


I just dont think it gets any nicer looking and performance ...
Porsche motor with a G50 trans would be the ticket .

Any comments before I mail out a check ? .. LOL

- Joe -

web site
Ultima build site ..

[widebody911]

It looks OK, but the windshield header and A pillar are way too tall in relation to the rest of the car. They should stretch the wheelbase so they could lower the overall profile.

[ZAMIRZ]

It would be way underpowered, I'd rather have a GM LS6 engine in there.

[RarlyL8]

For the price and look of the Ultima you'd need AT LEAST a twin turbo Porsche engine.
Problem is (to me) the sound. The ultima screams "high pitched 12 cylinder". No P-6 banger will do.

[POVI]

Here is a good pic of the build components of the car ..


How about a nice 3.3 / 3.6 turbo motor mated to the g50 trans
car weight is only about 2100 lbs !

[emcon5]

This is best air cooled porsche powered car of all time.



Tom

[Wrecked944]

Oooh...that Ultima thing makes my pants feel all funny...

[Bill Verburg]

Originally posted by JanusCole
Oooh...that Ultima thing makes my pants feel all funny...

Interesting alternative to the usual Cobra kit cars

[CarreraS2]

There was an Ultima at a shop I use every now and then, a few years back, along with some of the guys from the company. They were getting it ready for a magazine test.

It looked pretty nice in person, all around. Nice detailing, definately not like a "kit car" at all.

The one I saw looked like it had an G50 for a transaxle, and it had some kind of big-block America V8 in it.

Sounded awesome!

[Bill Verburg]

I didn't us the term "kit car" perjoritively, one of my neighbors has a very nice one that is an absolute blast on a nice police free day.

[makaio]

The Ultima GT is definatley sweet, but I sould rather have one of these:

www.kraftwerkz.net


Much better than a kit Cobra IMHO.

[911boost]

I drove a Cobra replica from a company in South America for two days once. It had a real 427 side oiler and that sucker would break the tires lose at 65 mph very easy. It was scary fast. They can be nice.

Bill

[Bill Verburg]

Lew Ledyards Cobra repla doen't deserve the appelation 'kit car " either.

[obrut]

Horror Ultima pic from last years Targa Tasmania (see Targa Tasmania Tarmac Rally - Story/Pics (longish) for my story from same event).

The throttle cable jammed wide open then bango. Real shame as the car was a gem and the owner is a very nice guy.

[911boost]

Hey Matt, what does one of those run?

[sammyg2]

I spoke to them two years ago and the price was around $95k without engine/trans (but otherwise complete and assembled).

[Por_sha911]

That Ultima makes me think of the phrase "C'mon Robin, to the Batmobile!"

[makaio]

Originally posted by BSiple
Hey Matt, what does one of those run?

According to thier site, around $30,000 for the kit, with no motor or tranny.

[sammyg2]

The price I was quoted was fully assembled and painted, prepped for engine of choice. Is that $30k the same thing or an unassembled kit?

[sammyg2]

I just checked, the price for fully assembled minus engine/trans is $89,000 plus tax and delivery.

I saw something on the untima website I hadn't seen before, the can am version. I like.