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Ever Hernandez 02-16-2009 12:40 PM

0-100-0 in 8.8 secs, yeah, it's that fast...
 
Maxximus G-force Ultima GTR Autoblog link

This thing is just wicked.. :Eyecrazy:


How do you build the world's quickest car? Well, first you take one of the quickest cars already on the road, then you add more power and charge millions for each example.

In this case, chauffer Marlon Kirby and financier David McMahan took the Ultima GTR – which already claims the fastest quarter-mile, 0-100-0, Nürburgring (almost) and Top Gear (unofficial) track times – and dropped in an all-aluminum 7.0-liter Chevy small-block V8 with twin turbochargers to bring the power rating up to 1600 horses, calling the resultant monster the Maxximus G-Force. All those ponies drive through a three-speed sequential gearbox, while six-piston AP Racing calipers gripping 14.2-inch discs handle the stopping power.

Housed in a 2700-pound frame, that's apparently enough to get the G-Force up to 60 miles-per-hour in 2.1 seconds, to 100 mph in 4.5 seconds and run the 0-100-0 sprint in 8.8 seconds. Nine minutes of fuel is all it can carry at those rates, but considering that McMahan and Kirby are charging $3 million a pop, we doubt a big bill at the gas pump would be an owner's biggest concern.

tubingchamp 02-16-2009 12:47 PM

Too slow for me.

CyberPitz 02-16-2009 12:48 PM

Fast as hell...

Ugly as hell...

I guess there are always trade offs! lol.

Ross_Dawg 02-16-2009 12:49 PM

I don't think they could have made it any uglier... nice #'s though

chiketkd 02-16-2009 01:10 PM


Originally Posted by CyberPitz (Post 2869781)
Fast as hell...

Ugly as hell...

I guess there are always trade offs! lol.

Agreed. The looks are 'meh' at best! :lol:

Performance numbers are staggering, but with 1,600hp wheelspin must be a biatch!!!! :Eyecrazy:

Ever Hernandez 02-16-2009 07:57 PM

I think I read it has a 3 speed tranny, so it's only in 2nd gear by the time it hits 100 and then both feet on the brakes! :lol2:

risky business 02-16-2009 08:03 PM

f that. just use a normal engine and build it yourself for like 30-40k

Bastage 02-16-2009 08:09 PM


Originally Posted by risky business (Post 2870537)
f that. just use a normal engine and build it yourself for like 30-40k

+1

That price tag is for the same !@#$@#%$#$@#@$ that spend $4000 on a piece of !@#$ing vinyl just because it has a Fendi or a Prada label on it.

User24 02-16-2009 08:42 PM

nobody is going to spend 3 million for a kit car with no badge / decals. Might as well just get a boxter and debadge it so people can't tell what model it is. Or other things equally as dumb as a fake honda ferari

TOo much fakeness out there, so many liars, so little time, where to start?

m477 02-17-2009 02:32 AM

3 million wtf?

Couldn't you just buy an Ultima all the same parts for a fraction of that? I mean even with extensive labor, fabrication, and tuning costs I don't see how it could come to anywhere near that.

NightmareX 02-17-2009 05:11 AM

A waste of money. 3 million for that. I don't think so but you know theres somebody out there that will buy it.

SideOfBacon 02-17-2009 09:35 AM

ducati 1198 has a lot more affordable price tag as well as does a 0-100 mph in only 10.6 sec. think for the $, ill take the 1.8sec difference.

YaXMaNGTO 02-17-2009 08:53 PM

9.9 at 143mph? Not that fast...


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